Emerging paradigms furthering the reach of medical technology into human anatomy
present unique modeling, control, and sensing problems. This review provides a brief history …

This paper presents the concept design of a modular soft manipulator for minimally invasive
surgery. Unlike traditional surgical manipulators based on metallic steerable needles …

Single-port laparoscopy (SPL) has attracted continuous attention in the past decade due to
the potential of generating better surgical outcomes than the traditional multiport …

Introduction: Single port laparoscopy (SPL) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic
surgery (NOTES) are next-generation minimally invasive surgery (MIS) procedures which …

The surgical paradigm of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been a key driver to the
adoption of robotic surgical assistance. Progress in the last three decades has led to a …

This review looks at the implementation of magnetic-based approaches in surgical
instruments for abdominal surgeries. As abdominal surgical techniques advance toward …

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been introduced in the last decades with the goal of
making scarless surgery feasible. In general, an MIS approach allows concrete benefits in …

Flexible endoscopes are still the gold standard in most natural orifice translumenal
endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures; however their flexibility (necessary for navigating …

Background Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) involves accessing
the abdominal cavity via one of the body natural orifices for enabling minimally invasive …

Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) is one of the main aims of modern medicine. It enables
surgery to be performed with a lower number and severity of incisions. Medical robots have …