Abstract
Currently, more and more surgical operations are conducted in micro areas, such as anastomosis. Microsurgery is difficult to conduct unless a hospital is adequately staffed with personnel with techniques and experiences. For this reason, this study aims to make a high precision manipulator device for anastomosis surgery to support microsurgery. Especially, the aim is to develop an unconventional, compact and lightweight manipulator for supporting microsurgery by adopting shape memory alloy which is possible for flexible movements and easy for force control so that an actuator can contract and relax. Figure 1 shows schematic illustration of this micromanipulation system.
