Teleoperation robot system for transurethral resection of the prostate.

摘要

Teleoperation robot system for transurethral resection of the prostate.; Teleoperation robot system for transurethral resection of the prostate, able to move the resectoscope in response to the surgeon's orders. The system consists of a manipulator robot of at least four degrees of freedom provided with an end effector that can hold the resectoscope, a controller for the robot, and master manipulator reproducing the shape of the resectoscope or allowing enshrine it a real resectoscope . Optionally, you can expect a computer to make an interface between the robot and master manipulator, if the capacity of the robot controller used is not enough. As alternative means for moving the robot arm can be a system of voice recognition or a keyboard.