Field experiment of a telesurgery system using a surgical robot with haptic feedback.

Mitsuhiko OtaEiji OkiTomonori NakanokoYasushi TanakaSatoshi ToyotaQingjiang HuYu NakajiRyota NakanishiKoji AndoYasue KimuraYuichi HisamatsuKoshi MimoriYoshiya TakahashiHajime MorohashiTakahiro KannoKotaro TadanoKenji KawashimaHironobu TakanoYuma EbiharaMasaki ShiotaJunichi InokuchiMasatoshi EtoTomoharu YoshizumiKenichi HakamadaSatoshi HiranoMasaki Mori

Published in: Surgery today (2023)

The haptic feedback function is a tool that allows the surgeon to perform surgery with an appropriate grasping force, both on site and remotely. Improved safety is necessary in telesurgery; haptic feedback will thus be an essential technology in robotic telesurgery going forward.

Keyphrases

virtual reality
minimally invasive
robot assisted
coronary artery bypass
coronary artery disease
surgical site infection