[527] MINIATURE SURGICAL ROBOTS FOR EXTRA-ORBITAL SURGICAL CAPABILITY

摘要

Surgical robots are not used in remote medical care situations, due to large size, weight, and power requirements. Technology becomes more practical by miniaturizing the hardware. As NASA increases mission length and distance from Earth, lifesaving surgical treatment is not available to the crew, Level of Care 5 is suggested. It is essential that an on-board medical system include surgical capability. Research efforts continue to provide surgical solutions in reduced gravity. Spaceflight surgical platforms must be small, light-weight, and intuitively controlled to be practical. To prepare for a spaceflight surgical emergency, we developed unique reliable, low mass mini-surgical robots. This new technology has been extensively tested; 1 parabolic flight and over 80 bench top and animal terrestrial experiments. Currently there is no surgical capability for missions of any length.