FlexDex™: A minimally invasive surgical tool with enhanced dexterity and intuitive control

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Awtar, Shorya ^a   Trutna, Tristan T ^a   Nielsen, Jens M ^a   Abani, Rosa ^a   Geiger, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable transmission; Enhanced dexterity; Intuitive control; Laparoscopic tool; Minimally invasive surgery; Virtual center mechanism

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED-DEXTERITY; INTUITIVE CONTROLS; LAPAROSCOPIC TOOL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; VIRTUAL CENTERS;

CABLES; DESIGN; ROTATION; SURGERY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; HAND MOVEMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TOOL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77957343728     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: 1932619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002234     Document Type: Article

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