TY - GEN
T1 - Dexterous miniature in vivo surgical robot for long duration space flight
AU - Wood, Nathan A.
AU - Lehman, Amy
AU - Dumpert, Jason
AU - Oleynikov, Dmitry
AU - Farritor, Shane M.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Long duration human space exploration will require the capabilities to perform surgery in emergency situations. Robotic and telerobotic surgical capabilities may be of significant use in improving medical care in remote and harsh environments, such as space, where minimally invasive surgery (MIS) can significantly reduce surgical risk. Surgical robots developed for MIS, while successful in the operating room, remain large, expensive, and require significant support personnel making them ineffectual in space exploration. In vivo surgical robots that function entirely inside the patient, have been shown to be effective as assistants in MIS, but were previously unable to perform surgical interventions. This paper presents a dexterous in vivo surgical robot that possesses the potential to perform teleoperated minimally invasive procedures. This potential is well suited for space exploration as the in vivo approach limits the size of the robot as compared to existing surgical robotic technology.
AB - Long duration human space exploration will require the capabilities to perform surgery in emergency situations. Robotic and telerobotic surgical capabilities may be of significant use in improving medical care in remote and harsh environments, such as space, where minimally invasive surgery (MIS) can significantly reduce surgical risk. Surgical robots developed for MIS, while successful in the operating room, remain large, expensive, and require significant support personnel making them ineffectual in space exploration. In vivo surgical robots that function entirely inside the patient, have been shown to be effective as assistants in MIS, but were previously unable to perform surgical interventions. This paper presents a dexterous in vivo surgical robot that possesses the potential to perform teleoperated minimally invasive procedures. This potential is well suited for space exploration as the in vivo approach limits the size of the robot as compared to existing surgical robotic technology.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2008-7925
DO - 10.2514/6.2008-7925
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78049505283
SN - 9781563479465
T3 - Space 2008 Conference
BT - Space 2008 Conference
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
T2 - Space 2008 Conference
Y2 - 9 September 2008 through 11 September 2008
ER -