Smart tissue anastomosis robot (STAR): A vision-guided robotics system for laparoscopic suturing

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1305-1317

  Leonard, Simon ^a   Wu, Kyle L ^a   Kim, Yonjae ^a   Krieger, Axel ^a   Kim, Peter C W ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuated laparoscopic suturing tool; robotic assisted surgery; vision guided laparoscopic suturing

Indexed keywords

LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; STARS; SURGERY; TISSUE; TOOLS;

AUTOMATIC MODE; IMAGE-BASED; MANUAL MODES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS; SUPERVISORY CONTROL; VISION-GUIDED LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING; VISION-GUIDED ROBOTICS;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING INSTRUMENT; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; SMART TISSUE ANASTOMOSIS ROBOT; SURGEON; SUTURING METHOD;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84897131250     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2014.2302385     Document Type: Article

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