Even though robotic technology holds great potential for performing spinal surgery and
advancing neurosurgical techniques, it is of utmost importance to establish its practicality …

Background Excessive tool-tissue interaction forces often result in tissue damage and
intraoperative complications, while insufficient forces prevent the completion of the task. This …

Background This study aimed to describe the state of the art in surgical robotics for spinal
interventions, a challenging problem for which robots can provide valuable assistance …

Goal: In the context of robot-assisted laminectomy surgery, an analytical force model is
introduced to guarantee procedural safety. The aim of the method is to intraoperatively …

Spinal orthopedic surgery is one of the typical high-risk surgeries. During the surgery, bone
screws need to be inserted into the narrower vertebral pedicles and any failures in the screw …

Minimally-invasive Osteoporotic Hip Augmentation (OHA) by injecting bone cement is a
potential treatment option to reduce the risk of hip fracture. This treatment can significantly …

Biomedical markets are large and rapidly growing owing to increasing demand for better
healthcare services. The development of innovative biomedical systems can produce major …

In order to enhance the safety of the milling operation, we develop a condition monitoring
method by means of analyzing the bone vibration signal in robot-assisted spine surgery …

BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, advances in image guidance, endoscopy, and tube-
shaft instruments have allowed for the further development of keyhole transcranial …

Robotic spine surgery systems, used for placing pedicle screws, have been in clinical use
since 2004; however, these systems act only as a positioner for guide tubes, which the …