This paper presents a robotic system aimed at solving the main drawbacks of Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery. The system is composed of a miniature camera robot, a lighting robot to provide efficient illumination to the scene, and a robotic grasper. These devices are introduced into the abdominal cavity through the single port, and are attached to the abdominal wall by magnetic interaction. Two external robotic arms, at which end effector the magnetic holders are attached, are used to guide the internal devices along the abdominal wall. Camera and lighting robots are handled by voice commands, whereas the robotic grasper is teleoperated with a haptic device. An in-vitro experiment to compare the advantages of using this system versus a traditional procedure is developed.
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MEDICON 2013 - Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Using a Miniature Robotic System
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EngineeeringandAutomation
V鱈ctor F. Mu単oz Mart鱈nez
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Irene Rivas Blanco
M. Cuevas-Rodriguez, E. Bauzano, J. Gomez-deGabriel, V.F. Mu単oz
Department of System Engineering and Automation
University of M叩laga (Spain)
SINGLE INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC
SURGERY USING A MINIATURE
ROBOTIC SYSTEM
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EngineeeringandAutomation
V鱈ctor F. Mu単oz Mart鱈nez
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I. INTRODUCTION
Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS)
Loss of triangulation
between camera and
instruments
Limitation of the range of
motion of instruments
outside the abdomen
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V鱈ctor F. Mu単oz Mart鱈nez
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I. INTRODUCTION
Magnetic holder
Robotic arm
Robotic arm
Magnetic
holder
Robotic
grasper
Magnetic
holder
Lighting
robot
Entry port
Camera
robot
Robotic system for SILS
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V鱈ctor F. Mu単oz Mart鱈nez
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II. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
12 cm
3,5cm
2 cm
Lighting robot
- 6 LEDs
- 2 x 3V batteries
- 2 hours of
autonomy
4,5cm
Camera robot
- Wireless camera
- 6 LEDs
- 7 x 1.3V batteries
- 2 hours of autonomy
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V鱈ctor F. Mu単oz Mart鱈nez
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III. EXPERIMENTS
Task: tumor retraction
1. Retract the gall bladder
2. Cutting
3. Retract the tumor
Aim of the experiment
- To compare the performance of the task with the robotic
system versus a traditional environment (human assistant)
- Measured variable: time employed to perform the task by 5
users
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V鱈ctor F. Mu単oz Mart鱈nez
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III. EXPERIMENTS
Traditional environment
The assistant holds the camera and a grasper tool
Extra incision for the additional grasper
Mean time: 2 minutes 56 seconds
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V鱈ctor F. Mu単oz Mart鱈nez
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III. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK
The camera robot solves the problem of the loss of triangulation
and reduces the number of instruments sharing the single port
The lighting system provides more illumination to the operation
area
The robotic grasper avoids the need of an extra incision when
more than two instruments are required
Reduce the overall size of the camera robot
Provide the robotic grasper with force sensor at the tip
Conclusions
Future Work