Medical Design Briefs - October 2023 - 10

Emerson
Robotic-assisted surgery allows doctors to
perform many types of complex procedures
with more precision, control and flexibility.
Surgical instruments are attached to effectors
at the end of the robotic arm. Image
courtesy of Emerson.
Assembly Technology
for Next-Generation Robot-Assisted
Surgery Systems and Instruments
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he introduction of endoscopy in surgical practice is
one of the greatest success stories in the history of
medicine, and there is no end in sight in terms of the
development of minimally invasive surgical procedures
and instruments. Advances in material sciences,
imaging, sensors, and robotics are driving a need for new
innovative approaches to manufacturing the next generation
of surgical instruments.
Minimally invasive surgery has become a routine procedure,
often performed on an outpatient basis, that helps to reduce
care costs, recovery times, and post-operative complications.
Typical minimally invasive surgeries involve a variety of specialized
endoscopes, cameras, light sources, video monitors, insufflators,
trocars, and other instruments.
Robot-assisted surgery (RAS) represents the next generation
of minimally invasive surgery, developed to overcome the limitations
of current minimally invasive techniques and to help
surgeons improve the precision of open surgeries. With the
help of artificial intelligence and advanced diagnostic imaging
from CT, PET, MRI, and nuclear scans, surgeons can now leverage
ever-improving RAS systems to achieve significantly greater
surgical precision and accuracy.
Driven by the expanded adoption of RAS systems, the
next-generation minimally invasive instruments are being rapidly
redesigned or adapted for robotic use. While the functional
requirements of these instruments remain essentially
the same, their form factors change significantly when mounted
directly to robot arms. Instead of receiving haptics inputs
from a surgeon's hand through an ergonomic grip, these nextgeneration
instruments - now called effectors - are guided
electronically. They use a combination of advanced scanning
and/or positioning inputs from computerized robot controls
to orient themselves according to a predesigned surgical plan.
Then, a surgeon can make fine adjustments using a robotic
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