Development of a robotic tool controlled by the head inclination angle and intentional jaw closure to achieve surgeon's easy operation of endoscope at laparoscopic surgery

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350539
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical systems
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: KUROKI Tamotsu 長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(医学系), 客員研究員 (90404219)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 装着型筋活動センサ / 腹腔鏡下手術 / 内視鏡手術支援ロボット

Outline of Final Research Achievements

An assistive device has been proposed to realize laparoscopic surgery with less number of assistants. This assistive device holds a laparoscope and allows the surgeon to operate the endoscope by himself/herself through slight movements of the jaw and the head inclination angle detected through a head-mount interface. A new prototype has been developed and tested. It was demonstrated that users can complete a forcep operation task under own endoscope operations by using the prototype taking 1.20 times as long as it does under scope operations by an assistant.The clinical study also seeks to determine the advantage of the robotic camera holder as compared with the human camera holder and other robotic laparoscope holders.

Free Research Field

医療用ロボット開発