Functional evaluation of the Endotics System, a new disposable self-propelled robotic colonoscope: In vitro tests and clinical trial

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 517-527

  Cosentino, Felice ^a   Tumino, Emanuele ^c   Passoni, Giovanni Rubis ^a   Morandi, Elisabetta ^b   Capria, Alfonso ^c  

^a San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CRC screening; Disposable colonoscope; Painless colonoscopy; Robotic colonoscope

Indexed keywords

PROBES; ROBOTICS;

COLONOSCOPY; CRC SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISPOSABLE COLONOSCOPE; DISPOSABLES; FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION; PAINLESS COLONOSCOPY; ROBOTIC COLONOSCOPE; ROBOTIC COLONOSCOPY; STRESS PATTERNS;

ENDOSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; ROBOTICS; SAFETY;

ADULT; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70350546013     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880903200806     Document Type: Article

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