Advanced Telepresence Surgery System Development,

Abstract

SRI International is currently developing a prototype remote telepresence surgery system, for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), that will bring life- saving surgical care to wounded soldiers in the zone of combat. Remote surgery also has potentially important applications in civilian medicine. In addition, telepresence will fmd wide medical use in local surgery, in endoscopic, laparoscopic, and microsurgery applications. Key elements of the telepresence technology now being developed for ARPA, including the telepresence surgeon's workstation (TSW) and associated servo control systems, will have direct application to these areas of minimally invasive surgery. The TSW technology will also fmd use in surgical training, where it will provide an immersive visual and haptic interface for interaction with computer-based anatomical models. In this paper, we discuss our ongoing development of the MEDFAST telesurgery system, focusing on the TSW man-machine interface and its associated servo control electronics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 06, 1995
Accession Number
ADA302528

Entities

People

  • Ajit Shah

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Anatomical Models
  • Arteries
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronics
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Microsurgery
  • Surgery
  • Surgical Instruments
  • Surgical Specialties
  • Test Stands
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics