Development of an articulating ultrasonically activated device for laparoscopic surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2138-2142

  Ogura, G ^a,b   Nakamura, R ^a,c   Muragaki, Y ^a   Hashizume, M ^d   Iseki, H ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aloka Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bursting pressure; Division time; Harmonic scalpel; Laparoscopy; Robotic surgery; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEVICE; DISSECTION; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SWINE; ULTRASONICALLY ACTIVATED DEVICE; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION; ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANIMALS; DISSECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; SPLENIC ARTERY; SUS SCROFA; TRANSDUCERS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VIBRATION;

EID: 73349100698     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0248-7     Document Type: Article

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