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Miniature in vivo Robots for Remote and Harsh Environments
Abstract
Long-term human space exploration will require contingencies for emergency medical procedures including some capability to perform surgery. The ability to perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS) would be an important capability. The use of small incisions reduces surgical risk, but also eliminates the ability of the surgeon to view and touch the surgical environment directly. Robotic surgery, or telerobotic surgery, may provide emergency surgical care in remote or harsh environments such as space flight, or extremely forward environments such as battlefields. However, because current surgical robots are large and require extensive support personnel, their implementation has remained limited in forward environments, and they would be difficult, or impossible, to use in space flight or on battlefields. This paper presents experimental analysis of miniature fixed-base and mobile in vivo robots to support MIS surgery in remote and harsh environments. The objective is to develop wireless imaging and task-assisting robots that can be placed inside the abdominal cavity during surgery. Such robots will provide surgical task assistance and enable an on-site or remote surgeon to view the surgical environment from multiple angles. This approach is applicable to long-duration space flight, battlefield situations, and for traditional medical centers and other remote surgical locations.
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“A mini-robot was created by Rentschler et al. and placed within the abdominal cavity.”
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“Similar to the fexible-tip laparoscopes on the robotic arms of the da Vinci model, the robot's surgical arms have a wide range of motion (Figure 24(a)).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rentschler, M. E., Platt, S. R., Berg, K. R., Dumpert, J., Oleynikov, D. R., & Farritor, S. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 66-75
- ISSN
- 1089-7771 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2133333463
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- University of Utah
- National Space Biomedical Research Institute
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- NOAA Research
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Soft Robotics and Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
- Keywords
- telesurgery, minimally invasive surgery, extreme environments, space medicine, battlefield medicine, wireless imaging
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Miniaturization, Robotics, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
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