reviewCurrent Opinion in UrologyDec 4, 2008GREEN OA

Haptic feedback in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery

AMAllison M. Okamura

Johns Hopkins Medicine · Johns Hopkins University

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Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) holds great promise for improving the accuracy and dexterity of a surgeon and minimizing trauma to the patient. However, widespread clinical success with RMIS has been marginal. It is hypothesized that the lack of haptic (force and tactile) feedback presented to the surgeon is a limiting factor. This review explains the technical challenges of creating haptic feedback for robot-assisted surgery and provides recent results that evaluate the effectiveness of haptic feedback in mock surgical tasks. RECENT FINDINGS: Haptic feedback systems for RMIS are still under development and evaluation. Most provide only force feedback, with limited fidelity.…

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  • Haptic technology
  • Invasive surgery
  • Robot
  • Fidelity
  • Limiting
  • Computer science
  • Human–computer interaction
  • Medicine
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