Biomedical Engineering Reference
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Figure 9.1
da Vinci™ (a) surgeon console, (b) patient cart, (c) vision cart, (d) master controls,
and (e) robotic arms equipped with surgical
instruments (© 2012 Intuitive Surgical,
Inc.)
(See Plate 17)
Robotic Surgical System (Figure 9.2) from Titan Medical
Inc. is planned for animal and tissue feasibility studies, and human clinical trials in
2012-2013, and FDA 510(K) submission in the second half of 2014. Compared with
thedaVinci
The Amadeus Composer
™
is a four-armed robotic surgical platform
with much smaller and sleeker external snake-like robotic arms (made by the Kuka Robot
Group) tailored for more dexterity inside the body, which enables substantially more
procedures to be performed compared to other robot-assisted surgical equipment. The
enhanced vision system (1080p 3D HD vision) of Amadeus
™
system, Amadeus Composer
™
provides the surgeon with
a clearer image of anatomical details. The open architecture provides increased flexibility
for expansion of robotic surgery into untapped specialties and procedures. This robotic
surgical system is equipped with a force feedback mechanism, for the first time, which
enables feeling of tissue forces and emulates the natural touch. Force feedback in this
system lets the surgeons know how hard they are pulling on tissues, sutures, or other
biological structures, in order to prevent tissue damage [25, 26].
™
