Development and efficacy evaluation of Auto-Switching Chair for standing operation

• Project/Area Number: 25350575
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical systems
• Research Institution: Tokyo Women's Medical University
• Principal Investigator: Okamoto Jun 東京女子医科大学, 医学部, 特任講師 (10409683)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
• Keywords: 手術環境のロボット化 / 手術支援ロボット / 医工連携

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we developed "Auto-Switching Chair" which follows the surgeon in standing surgery and supports the weight of the operator. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the extent of improvement of the degree of fatigue of the operator and improvement of surgical precision and examine the existence value of the device. In this research period, we extracted the needs of the surgical site and developed the floor fixed type chair with 3 degrees of freedom passive structure. We plan to evaluate the chair in the clinical setting in the near future.