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ArticleJournal of medical devices2017

Hydraulic Robotic Surgical Tool Changing Manipulator.

Abolfazl Pourghodrat, Carl A Nelson, Dmitry Oleynikov

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Article in Journal of medical devices, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Abolfazl PourghodratDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, W342 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0526 e-mail: a.pourghodrat@gmail.com.
Carl A NelsonMem. ASME Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, W342 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0526 e-mail: cnelson5@unl.edu.
Dmitry OleynikovDepartment of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986245 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 e-mail: doleynik@unmc.edu.

Funding

Multifunction Robotic Tools for Natural Orifice and Single Incision SurgeryR21EB015017 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI NELSON, CARL A · 2013 to 2014
$389k
NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB015017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a surgical technique to perform "scarless" abdominal operations. Robotic technology has been exploited to improve NOTES and circumvent its limitations. Lack of a multitasking platform is a major limitation. Manual tool exchange can be time consuming and may lead to complications such as bleeding. Previous multifunctional manipulator designs use electric motors. These designs are bulky, slow, and expensive. This paper presents design, prototyping, and testing of a hydraulic robotic tool changing manipulator. The manipulator is small, fast, low-cost, and capable of carrying four different types of laparoscopic instruments.

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PMID28450979
PMCPMC5395910

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