This letter presents a hybrid concentric tube robot which covers the middle ear volume for
exhaustive ablation of residual cholesteatoma. The proposed robotic system combines a …

This article deals with the development of a robotic solution for middle ear surgery. The
surgical procedure consists of the resection of pathological tissues that occurs inside the …

Otologic surgical procedures over time have become minimally invasive due to the
development of medicine, microtechniques, and robotics. This trend then provides an …

Laser beam steering has been widely studied for the automation of surgery. Currently,
flexible instruments for laser surgery are operated entirely by surgeons, which keeps the …

This paper reports the design, construction, and experimental validation of a novel hand-
held robot for inoffice laser surgery of the vocal folds. In-office endoscopic laser surgery is an …

Background: Whereas robotics is a mature field in many surgical applications, robots have
yet to be clinically used in otologic surgery despite significant advantages including …

This paper presents a computational framework to optimize the visual coverage attainable
by a notched-tube continuum robotic endoscope inside the middle ear cavity. Our framework …

The authors' goal was to design and evaluate a robot dedicated to middle ear surgery.
Specifications for dimensions, forces, and kinematics were collected, based on the …

Background: Middle ear surgery presents unique challenges because of the constrained
operative space and limited access to certain anatomic regions. Methods: A custom …

Otologic surgery often involves a mastoidectomy, which is the removal of a portion of the
mastoid region of the temporal bone, to safely access the middle and inner ear. The surgery …