Medical Robotics: Minimally Invasive Surgery (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials) - Hardcover

Book 37 of 238: Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials

Paula Gomes

 
9780857091307: Medical Robotics: Minimally Invasive Surgery (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0857091301 ISBN 13: 9780857091307
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Advances in research have led to the use of robotics in a range of surgical applications. Medical robotics: Minimally invasive surgery provides authoritative coverage of the core principles, applications and future potential of this enabling technology. Beginning with an introduction to robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS), the core technologies of the field are discussed. Key current and future applications for robotics in a range of surgical procedures and medical applications are then explored, before the book concludes with a discussion of ethical issues related to the use of medical robotics.

Key Features: provides authoritative coverage of the core principles, applications and future potential of medical robotics; introduces robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS), including the core technologies of the field and localization and tracking technologies for medical robotics; considers key applications of robotics in laparoscopy, neurology, cardiovascular interventions, urology and orthopaedics.

Contents: Introduction to robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS); Localisation and tracking technologies for medical robotics; Robotics for neurosurgery; Robotic systems for cardiovascular interventions; Robotics in orthopaedic surgery; Robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery; Robotics in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgery; Robotic-assisted vitreoretinal surgery; Robotics for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES); Meso-Scale mobile robots for gastrointestinal Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS); Real-time software platform using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for in vivo navigation of magnetic microrobots; Robotic surgery and ethical issues.

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About the Author

Paula Gomes leads developments of surgical and interventional medical devices at Cambridge Consultants, a world leader in technology and product development. The former R&D Director of Acrobot, the company responsible for the world-first surgeon-controlled robotic device for orthopaedic surgery, she has extensive experience with surgical technology, surgical robotics and software-driven electromechanical medical devices.

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Publisher
Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0857091301
ISBN 13 
9780857091307
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
320
Editor
Paula Gomes