Harvard’s Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Surgery
September 6, 2022 | Terry Sharrer
Quoting directly: “We were able to design a device that can lie flat when the endoscope is navigating to the surgical area, and when the surgeon reaches the area they want to operate on, they can deploy a soft system that can safely and effectively interact with tissue. The arm can effectively interact with and manipulate soft tissues and could be useful for a variety of surgical procedures. It employs a suction cup to achieve this, which is inspired by the suckers on octopus tentacles. The device can be scaled down to 1 millimeter in size, allowing surgeons to use it in very tight endoscopic procedures, such as those in the brain or lungs.” A video shows how this works. MORE WITH VIDEO
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