Long‐distance robotic telesurgery: a feasibility study for care in remote environments

Abstract

Background Basic telesurgical manoeuvres were conducted with signal delays.

Transparent and Shaped Stiffness Reflection for Telesurgery

“…This means a round-trip time delay of 200 ms. Time delay is often mentioned as an important aspect of telesurgery (C.R. Doarn et al, 2007;Lum et al, 2009;Rayman et al, 2006), although the current practice is that both the master and the slave are located in the same surgical room. As mentioned in the introduction, different controllers of the third concept have been presented in order to provide useful haptic feedback for time-delayed systems (Funda & Paul, 1991;Hashtrudi-Zaad & Salcudean, 1996;Ji et al, 2005;Kuan & Young, 2003;Mitra & Niemeyer, 2008;Tzafestas et al, 2008).…”

Telementoring and Telesurgery: Future or Fiction?

“…Communities without broadband access may need to rely upon satellite communication to support telemedicine. In order to quantify telesurgery applications, our group performed porcine internal mammary artery (IMA) dissection using both IP and satellite networks described earlier [16][17][18]. There was no significant difference in the time to perform IMA dissection (p = NS).…”

Desarrollo De La Cirugía Laparoscopica: Pasado, Presente Y Futuro: Desde Hipócrates Hasta La Introducción De La Robótica en Laparoscopia Ginecológica

“…Sin duda se trata de un caso extremo en lo que respecta a las distancias, pero demuestra la utilidad de la aplicación de esta tecnología ante la necesidad de realizar cirugías remotas. Actualmente, la tecnología de transmisión de datos, por vía satelital permite comandar a distancia (39,40). Esto permitirá en el futuro aplicar la tecnología en situaciones y geografías extremas, como los polos, desiertos y lugares rurales.…”