Print Email Facebook Twitter Duoflex: Development of a New Multi-Steerable Laparoscopic Instrument Title Duoflex: Development of a New Multi-Steerable Laparoscopic Instrument Author Vosse, M.S. Contributor Dankelman, J. (mentor) Breedveld, P. (mentor) Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department BioMechanical Engineering Programme BMD Date 2010-07-09 Abstract Laparoscopic surgery is a technique in which operations in the abdomen are performed with long slender instruments through small incisions (5-10 mm). Single port surgery is a form of laparoscopic surgery with possible advantages in which the surgeon operates almost exclusively through a single incision. In order to compensate for the limited freedom of motion of the used instruments, steerable instruments with articulating tips that can be steered in 2 DOF have been developed for use during laparoscopic or single port surgery. The freedom of motion provided by steerable instruments make single port surgery possible, but however introduces a number of problems (eye-hand coordination conflicts, incision widening). This paper presents the design of a new, multisteerable instrument that can be used for both laparoscopic as well as single port surgery. Subject steerable instrumentsmultisteerablelaparoscopy To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9d013dbc-584a-4b19-a24b-10c61ad2b4ab Embargo date 2015-01-01 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2010 Vosse, M.S. Files PDF Afstudeerpaper_Duoflex_Ma ... _Vosse.pdf 3.28 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:9d013dbc-584a-4b19-a24b-10c61ad2b4ab/datastream/OBJ/view