Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 08, 2016 - June 11, 2016
Water-Filled Laparo-Endscopic Surgery (WaFLES) is a surgical technique which is performed by irrigating the abdominal cavity with liquid. By applying WaFLES to laser surgery, heat effect from the laser irradiation is reduced by cooling effect of the fluid irrigation in abdominal cavity. However, it is difficult to perform laser irradiation accurately inside the abdomen, because the organ is always floating in water by buoyancy. Therefore, we introduced a surgical robot system that enables a high-precision laser irradiation to a moving organ in abdominal cavity. In this study, as a fundamental consideration for carrying out a laser irradiation in WaFLES environment, we evaluated the irradiation accuracy of this robotic system while irradiating moving objects.
