Emerging paradigms furthering the reach of medical technology into human anatomy
present unique modeling, control, and sensing problems. This review provides a brief history …

The first wireless camera pills created a revolutionary new perspective for engineers and
physicians, demonstrating for the first time the feasibility of achieving medical objectives …

Single-port laparoscopy (SPL) has attracted continuous attention in the past decade due to
the potential of generating better surgical outcomes than the traditional multiport …

This paper presents the design and fabrication of Single-Port lapaRoscopy bImaNual roboT
(SPRINT), a novel teleoperated robotic system for minimally invasive surgery. SPRINT …

Minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures, benefits
patients in terms of improved postoperative outcomes and short recovery time. The …

Although the flexible endoscopy has been widely used in the medical field for many years,
there is still great potential in improving the endoscopist's capability to perform therapeutic …

Background Natural-orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) represents one of the
most significant innovations in surgery to emerge since the advent of laparoscopy. A decade …

BACKGROUND: Further development of advanced therapeutic endoscopic techniques and
natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) requires a powerful flexible …

Robot-assisted technologies are being investigated to overcome the limitations of the
current solutions for transoral surgeries, which suffer from constrained insertion ports …

Background A unique endoscopic platform with two independent end-effectors, each with
five degrees of freedom, and an ergonomic user interface has been developed to address …