A novel knot-tying approach for minimally invasive surgical robot systems

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 268-276

  Wang, Shuxin ^a   Wang, Huijuan ^a   Yue, Longwang ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

'Bending twisting knot tying' (BTKT); Finite segment model; Knot tying; Robot assisted surgical system

Indexed keywords

ROBOTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

'BENDING-TWISTING KNOT-TYING'; FINITE SEGMENT MODEL; FINITE SEGMENTS; KNOT-TYING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL ROBOT; MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY; ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGICAL SYSTEM; SEGMENT MODELING; SURGICAL SYSTEMS; TWISTING KNOT TYING;

SLAVE ROBOTS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; BENDING TWISTING KNOT TYING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNOT TYING APPROACH; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 54949104346     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.208     Document Type: Article

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