Proposal of a new medical manipulator for laparoscopic surgery

Authors: Matsuhira, Nobuto¹; Hashimoto, Hideaki¹; Jinno, Makoto¹; Nambu, Kyojiro²; Morikawa, Yasuhide³; Furukawa, Toshiharu³; Kitajima, Masaki³; Nakazawa, Kazuo⁴

Source: Advanced Robotics, Volume 15, Number 3, 2001 , pp. 379-382(4)

Publisher: VSP, an imprint of Brill

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Keywords: MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MASTER-SLAVE MANIPULATOR; ROBOTIC TOOL

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156855301300235940

Affiliations: 1: Mechanical Systems Laboratory, Corporate Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corp., 1, Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan 2: Medical Systems Company, Toshiba Corp., 1, Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan 3: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan 4: Department of System Design Engineering, Keio University, Japan

Publication date: 2001-06-08