.... , Vogel , J. G. , Breedveld , P. , and Dankelman , J. , 2010 , “ Vacuum Packed Particles as Flexible Endoscope Guides With Controllable Rigidity ,” Granular Matter , 12 , pp. 543 – 554 . 10.1007/s10035-010-0193-8 19 Kumar , S. , Kassim , I. M. , and Asari , V. K...

...Andrew C. Rau; Mary Frecker; Abraham Mathew; Eric Pauli This paper presents a 3.0 mm diameter multifunctional endoscopic forceps design for use in minimally invasive flexible endoscopic surgical procedures. Multifunctional capabilities including grasping, spreading, and cauterizing tissue...

...Matthew J. Kundrat; Per G. Reinhall; Eric J. Seibel A new and miniature imaging device is being developed to allow flexible endoscopy in regions of the body that are difficult to reach. The scanning fiber endoscope employs a single scanning optical fiber to illuminate a target area, while...

...JungHun Choi; David Drozek Endoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure using instruments that pass through the body for diagnostic purposes and minimizes the risks associated with open surgery. Colonoscopy can viewed as an endoscopic procedure of the colon. Colonoscopy may cause extreme discomfort...

...JungHun Choi; Jonathan Litten 15 06 2011 15 06 2011 actuators biomedical optical imaging endoscopes manipulators medical robotics position control Colonoscopy can be associated with many problems, such as mechanical trauma due to the distal tip contacting the colon wall...

...JungHun Choi; Ravindra Kale 15 06 2011 15 06 2011 biomedical education biomedical optical imaging cancer data acquisition endoscopes training Colorectal cancer is one of the commonly occurring types of cancer and individuals above 50 years of age are considered...

...Jong Yoon; Tim Soper; Eric J. Seibel 14 06 2011 14 06 2011 biomedical optical imaging cancer endoscopes image reconstruction image segmentation mechatronics medical image processing medical robotics While cystoscopic surveillance, which uses a type of endoscope used...

...Ewout Arkenbout; Frank-Willem Jansen; Just Herder 14 06 2011 14 06 2011 biological tissues endoscopes gynaecology surgery In literature, little comparison data are available between various morcellators, which are used to remove large tissue masses minimally invasively...

...Ryan McCormick; Tyler D. Wortman; Kyle W. Strabala; Tom P. Frederick; Dmitry Oleynikov; Shane M. Farritor 14 06 2011 14 06 2011 endoscopes medical robotics surgery user interfaces The adoption of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) provides potential for surgical...

...Wei Jian Chin; Akiko Nakamura; Michael Head; Shane Farritor; Dmitry Olyenikov; Carl A. Nelson; Chi Min Seow 13 06 2011 13 06 2011 end effectors endoscopes medical robotics surgery Intra-abdominal surgery has taken large steps away from the conventional method of open...

...Jeff Midday; Alan Goyzueta; Carl A. Nelson; Dmitry Oleynikov 09 06 2011 09 06 2011 endoscopes materials handling equipment medical robotics orifices (mechanical) surgery In Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES), in vivo robots can be utilized to perform...

...Joseph E. Petrzelka; Manas C. Menon; Clara J. Stefanov-Wagner; Suresh K. Agarwal; Dimitris Chatzigeorgiou; Michelle Lustrino; Alexander H. Slocum This paper describes the development of an articulating endoscopic screw driver that can be used to place screws in osteosynthetic plates during...

...Arjo J. Loeve; Johannes H. Bosma; Paul Breedveld; Dimitra Dodou; Jenny Dankelman Flexible endoscopes are used for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the human body for their ability to be advanced through tortuous trajectories. However, this very same property causes difficulties as well...

...Thomas Secord; H. Harry Asada Surgical robots have greatly facilitated numerous challenging medical procedures such as totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting. Despite the initial success of some classical robotic mechanisms (e.g., the da Vinci robot from Intuitive Surgical), limitations...

...Yurika Inoue; Amir Sabet Sarvestani; Jonathan Yap; Douglas L. Yeung Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is a method used to wirelessly scan the gastrointestinal (GI) tract lumen. Despite the effectiveness of VCE in GI endoscopic procedures, VCE is limited because it lacks the capability to exactly locate...

...Joseph Petrzelka; Dimitris Chatzigeorgiou; Manas C. Menon; Michelle E. Lustrino; Clara J. Stefanov-Wagner; Alexander H. Slocum; Suresh K. Agarwal This paper describes the development of an articulating endoscopic screw driver that can be used to place screws in osteosynthetic plates during...

...Paul Breedveld Laparoscopic surgery is carried out using long and slender endoscopes and instruments that are inserted through small incisions in the abdominal wall. Current endoscopes and instruments are rigid and have the drawback that their motion is restricted to 4-degrees of freedom (DOF...

...Arjo Loeve; Johannes H. Bosma; Paul Breedveld; Dimitra Dodou; Jenny Dankelman Flexible endoscopes are used for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the human body for their ability to be advanced through tortuous trajectories. However, this very same property causes difficulties as well...

... and instruments for performing laparoscopic surgery have improved over the years, loss of vision through the endoscopic lens caused by fog, liquid, and solid debris common to laparoscopic procedures remains a significant problem. In this paper, a shielding mechanism that maintains visibility through...

...Casandra Niebel; Mary Frecker This paper summarizes the design and testing of a biopsy needle to be used through a flexible endoscope. There is a need for a biopsy needle that can be used through the endoscopic channel to perform zero invasive biopsies on the gastrointestinal system and other...