Robot-assisted medical imaging: A review

SE Salcudean, H Moradi, DG Black… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted medical imaging entails the use of a robot to acquire a medical image.
Examples include robot-assisted endoscopic camera imaging, ultrasound imaging where …

Frontiers of medical robotics: from concept to systems to clinical translation

J Troccaz, G Dagnino, GZ Yang - Annual review of biomedical …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Medical robotics is poised to transform all aspects of medicine—from surgical intervention to
targeted therapy, rehabilitation, and hospital automation. A key area is the development of …

Surgical instrument including housing, a cutting accessory that extends from the housing and actuators that establish the position of the cutting accessory relative to …

TJ Bozung - US Patent 9,707,043, 2017 - Google Patents
An instrument for treating tissue during a medical procedure includes a hand-held portion
and a working portion. The hand-held portion is manually supported and moved by a user …

Surgical robotic system and method for commanding instrument position based on iterative boundary evaluation

DG Bowling, JN Beer - US Patent 11,045,958, 2021 - Google Patents
A system and method of operating the same are disclosed. The system includes a surgical
instrument including an energy applicator and a manipulator including a plurality of links …

Surgical manipulator capable of controlling a surgical instrument in multiple modes

DG Bowling, JM Stuart, JA Culp… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
2013-09-27 Assigned to STRYKER CORPORATION reassignment STRYKER
CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR …

Image-guided interventional robotics: Lost in translation?

G Fichtinger, J Troccaz, T Haidegger - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interventional robotic systems have been deployed with all existing imaging modalities in an
expansive portfolio of therapies and surgeries. Over the years, literature reviews have …

Active constraints/virtual fixtures: A survey

SA Bowyer, BL Davies… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Active constraints, also known as virtual fixtures, are high-level control algorithms which can
be used to assist a human in man-machine collaborative manipulation tasks. The active …

A review of robotics in surgery

B Davies - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
A brief introduction is given to the definitions and history of surgical robotics. The capabilities
and merits of surgical robots are then contrasted with the related field of computer assisted …

Augmented reality in surgery

JH Shuhaiber - Archives of surgery, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To evaluate the history and current knowledge of computer-augmented reality in
the field of surgery and its potential goals in education, surgeon training, and patient …

Navigation system and method for removing a volume of tissue from a patient

DG Bowling, JM Stuart, JA Culp… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A navigation system for use with a surgical manipulator operable in manual or semi-
autonomous modes and a method for removing a volume of tissue from a patient. The …