Trial reportInternational journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2016
Prostate biopsies assisted by comanipulated probe-holder: first in man.
Trial report in International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Precisely positioning the tip of an instrument inserted through an orifice with a free wrist robot: application to prostate biopsies.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2018Trial
- ProBot: Robot-Ultrasound Probe for Transrectal and Transperineal Prostate Biopsy.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2026Article
- The Incident Feedback Committee (IFC): A Useful Tool to Investigate Errors in Clinical Research.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Techniques and Outcomes of MRI-TRUS Fusion Prostate Biopsy.Current urology reports · 2021Review
- Electrical Impedance Tomography for Robot-Aided Internal Radiation Therapy.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Article
- Real Time Estimator to Perform Targeted Biopsies With a Free-Wrist Robot Despite Large Deformations of the Insertion Orifice.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- Design and Experiment of Assistive Mechanism for Adjustment of Transrectal Ultrasound Probe.Applied bionics and biomechanics · 2020Article
- Design and experimental study of a novel 7-DOF manipulator for transrectal ultrasound probe.Science progressArticle
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Abstract
purposeA comanipulator for assisting endorectal prostate biopsies is evaluated through a first-in-man clinical trial. This lightweight system, based on conventional robotic components, possesses six degrees of freedom. It uses three electric motors and three brakes. It features a free mode, where its low friction and inertia allow for natural manipulation of the probe and a locked mode, exhibiting both a very low stiffness and a high steady-state precision.
methodsClinical trials focusing on the free mode and the locked mode of the robot are presented. The objective was to evaluate the practical usability and performance of the robot during clinical procedures. A research protocol for a prospective randomized clinical trial has been designed. Its specific goal was to compare the accuracy of biopsies performed with and without the assistance of the comanipulator.
resultsThe accuracy is compared between biopsies performed with and without the assistance of the comanipulator, across the 10 first patients included in the trial. Results show a statistically significant increase in the precision.
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