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Lessons learned using the insertable robotic effector platform (IREP) for single port access surgery

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This paper presents the preliminary evaluation of a robotic system for single port access surgery. This system may be deployed through a 15-mm incision. It deploys two surgical arms and a third arm manipulating a stereo-vision module that tracks instrument location. The paper presents the design of the robot along with experiments demonstrating the capabilities of this robot. The evaluation includes use of tasks from fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery, evaluation of telemanipulation accuracy, knot tying, and vision tracking of tools.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by NIH Grant No. 7R21EB007779. A. Bajo and N. Simaan were also supported by NSF Career Grant No. IIS-1063750. The evaluation experiments were performed under a research agreement with Titan Medical Inc. Dennis Fowler serves as a consultant for Titan Medical Inc.

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  1. A.R.M.A. Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    N. Simaan, A. Bajo & Long Wang

  2. Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering (VISE), Nashville, TN, USA

    N. Simaan, A. Bajo & Long Wang

  3. Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

    A. Reiter & P. Allen

  4. Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

    D. Fowler

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Simaan, N., Bajo, A., Reiter, A. et al. Lessons learned using the insertable robotic effector platform (IREP) for single port access surgery. J Robotic Surg 7, 235–240 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-013-0400-9

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