μRALP and beyond: Micro-technologies and systems for robot-assisted endoscopic laser microsurgery

LS Mattos, A Acemoglu, A Geraldes… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Laser microsurgery is the current gold standard surgical technique for the treatment of
selected diseases in delicate organs such as the larynx. However, the operations require …

When the end effector is a laser: A review of robotics in laser surgery

HC Lee, NE Pacheco, L Fichera… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Combining laser technology with robotic precision and accuracy promises to introduce
significant advances in minimally invasive surgical interventions. Lasers have already …

Epipolar Geometry‐Based Visual Servoing of Soft Endoscopic Manipulator for Transoral Laser Ablation

G Fang, X Wang, JDL Ho, K Wang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft manipulators integrated with optical laser fibers offer new opportunities for endoscopic
noncontact laser surgery. To achieve precise laser projection in a confined workspace and …

Robot-assisted laser tissue soldering system

S Basov, A Milstein, E Sulimani, M Platkov… - Biomedical Optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Fast and reliable incision closure is critical in any surgical intervention. Common solutions
are sutures and clips or adhesives, but they all present difficulties. These difficulties are …

Quantitative investigation of laser ablation based on real‐time temperature variations and OCT images for laser treatment applications

Y Fan, Q Ma, M Li, D Luan… - Lasers in Surgery and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objective Lasers are widely employed in clinical applications. In
vivo monitoring of real‐time information about different‐wavelength laser surgeries would …

Electromagnetic actuated flexible laser fiber steering monitoring based on self-sensation and precalibration

H Shen, X Cai, F Bian, X Wu, Y Gan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In fiber-delivery laser surgery, both accurate actuation and sensation of flexible laser fiber is
essential to achieve high precise steering control of laser system in narrow intravital …

Robotic cell manipulation for blastocyst biopsy

G Shan, Z Zhang, C Dai, H Liu, X Wang… - … on Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft tissue cutting is used for incision, separation and removal of tissues or cells. Due to high
deformation of soft tissues resulting from their viscosity and elasticity, it is challenging to …

A soft tissue scalpel cutting robotic system with sucker fixation

P Shi, B Cheng, Y Zong, Y Gong, H Yan… - 2018 IEEE 14th …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft tissue cutting is a fundamental operation in clinical treatments. Autonomous soft tissue
cutting using scalpel, one of soft tissue cutting methods, is an emerging field. However, soft …

A Focus Control System Based on Varifocal Mirror for CO2 Fiber-Coupled Laser Surgery

A Geraldes, P Fiorini, LS Mattos - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fiber-coupled laser tools combine the precision of lasers with the flexibility of optical fibers.
They have been used in surgical procedures, such as transoral microsurgery, to perform …

Extraction of the information component of the autodyne signal in pulsed-periodic CO2 lasers for Doppler diagnostics of the surgical process

A Konovalov, V Ulyanov - Advanced Biomedical Engineering, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The creation of laser surgical systems with feedback, which allows performance of high-
precision low-trauma operations, is the current trend of modern surgery. CO2 lasers with …