Research on Robotic System in General Surgery

Abstract

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is getting popularity in the world. Patients are thankful to MIS, but MIS put a lot of stress on surgeons. The main reason of this discrepancy between the patients and surgeons is technical difficulty via small hole in surgical procedures. The aim of our Future Project on surgical robotic system is to overcome this technical difficulty in MIS by developing a new system of image-guided robotic surgery. The first new product, Naviot, obtained approval from Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour. Overlaying technique of 3-D ultrasonography on the endoscopic image with hybrid sensors, compensatory technique of intraoperative deformity of pre-operatively-taken image, and master-slave manipulator system developed by our project team are herein introduced.