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Robotic Suturing In Minimally Invasive Surgery, Jia-Yush Yen, Hao-Xiang Kang, Kuan Shen, Yung-Yaw Chen, Ming-Chih Ho

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has the advantages of minimal bleeding and rapid postoperative recovery, which can alleviate patient suffering. Therefore, MIS is widely used in clinical applications. However, MIS is more difficult than traditional surgery; surgeons must be more meticulous when performing MIS than when performing ordinary surgery. Using a robotic arm in an auxiliary role in MIS can reduce the workload of surgeons and increase the precision and efficiency of the surgical procedure. The aim of this article is to design an MIS robot system that can perform automatic surgical suturing. First, we designed the basic control architecture for …