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

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

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 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

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