title: Device to provide intuitive assistance in laparoscope holding.
abstract: This work proposes a new navigation device which autonomously handles the laparoscope, with a view to reducing latency and adjusting optics in real time. The system designed is an intuitive mechatronic device with three degrees of freedom and a sole active articulation. The device uses the point of insertion as the invariant point for navigation and has a work space that closely resembles an inverted cone.
authors.affiliation: Bioelectronics Department, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Av. IPN 2508, C.P. 07300 Mexico, D.F., Mexico, aminor@cinvestav.mx
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ordorica
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villalobos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galan
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D020706:Laparoscopes; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface