Development of bending and grasping manipulator for multi degrees of freedom ultrasonically activated scalpel

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2006, Pages 222-223

  Hasuo, T ^a   Ogura, G ^b,c   Sakuma, I ^a   Kobayashi, E ^a   Iseki, H ^b   Nakamura, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Aloka Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bending forceps; Harmonic Scalpel ; Laparoscopic surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Surgical robot; Wire mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748982041     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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