Seminar 2008 04 32 Minature Robots
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CISST ERC Seminar
Minature in vivo robots for Surgery
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Time: 12:00pm
Place: CSEB B17 (Lunch will be served at 11:30)
Speaker: Shane Farritor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Title: Minature in vivo robots for Surgery
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Abstract
Gaining access to the peritoneal cavity through a natural orifice is potentially the next significant shift in minimally invasive surgery. This Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) provides distinct patient advantages, but is surgically challenging. Access to the peritoneal cavity is limited by the size and complex geometry of the natural lumen, and existing tools do not adequately address these constraints. Research at the University of Nebraska has worked to create miniature robots that are inserted into the body for surgery. Most other approaches to surgical robots involve large robots outside the body. However, small robots inside the body have particular interest for NOTES because, once inside, they are no longer constrained by the complex geometry of the lumen. This talk will describe the development and testing of these robots for both laparoscopic and NOTES applications.
Bio
Shane Farritor received the B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1992, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1998.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and holds courtesy appointments in both the Department of Surgery and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha. His research interests include space robotics, surgical robotics, biomedical sensors, and robotics for highway safety.
Dr. Farritor is the chairman of the AIAA Space Robotics and Automation technical committee and serves on the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Robotics Panel.