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3.5mm robotic forceps with 4 DOF for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) plays a key role in reducing the patients physical burden. While surgical robots were successfully introduced in clinics, there are still limitations in reaching deep and narrow areas of human body, and performing dexterous manipulations of tissues. These limitations are primarily caused by the size of the instruments and their bending radii. The bending radii are important for performing a surgery in a narrow cavity, to not damage the surrounding tissues into the internal walls. Further miniaturized instruments will be beneficial in MIS to reduce the physical burden of the patients. In addition, they will also make surgical applications possible in the areas of neurosurgery, pediatric surgery, and thoracis surgery where the robotic surgery has not been generally performed at present. This work was funded by ImPACT Program of Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan). Related work is also shown in:    • Microsurgical robot system “Smart Arm” /Im...