Medical Robotics: Minimally Invasive Surgery (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials)

Medical robotics are increasingly being used in a range of medical applications such as diagnostics, surgery, prosthetics and pharmacy. Written by both medical practitioners and engineers, the book covers a wide range of clinical applications including: laparoscopy, gastrointestinal, neurology, cardiovascular, otorhinolaryngology, vitreoretinal, urology and orthopedics and discusses commercially available and currently being developed surgical robotics. Contributions also explore micro-scale mobile robots for the circulatory system and meso-scale robots for the gastrointestinal tract, alongside MRI-based navigation for in vivo magnetic micro-robots. The concluding chapters discuss ethical issues related to the use of robotics in surgery. needed for medical robotics and discuss current and future applications, such as neural, cardiovascular, orthopedic and ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery. Advances in research have led to the use of robotics in a range of surgical applications. Medical robotics: Minimally invasive surgery provides authoritative coverage of the core principles, applications and future potential of this enabling technology.

Beginning with an introduction to robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS), the core technologies of the field are discussed, including localization and tracking technologies for medical robotics. Key applications of robotics in laparoscopy, neurology, cardiovascular interventions, urology and orthopaedics are considered, as well as applications for ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery, vitreoretinal surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). Microscale mobile robots for the circulatory system and mesoscale robots for the gastrointestinal tract are investigated, as is MRI-based navigation for in vivo magnetic microrobots. Finally, the book concludes with a discussion of ethical issues related to the use of robotics in surgery.

With its distinguished editor and international team of expert contributors, Medical robotics: Minimally invasive surgery is a comprehensive guide for all those working in the research, design, development and application of medical robotics for surgery. It also provides an authoritative introduction for academics and medical practitioners working in this field.

• Provides authoritative coverage of the core principles, applications and future potential of medical robotics
• Introduces robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS), including the core technologies of the field and localization and tracking technologies for medical robotics
• Considers key applications of robotics in laparoscopy, neurology, cardiovascular interventions, urology and orthopaedics

Medical robotics are becoming a reality and they are increasingly used in a range of medical applications such as diagnostics, surgery, prosthetics and pharmacy. This book will provide the reader with a good coverage of this emerging, lucrative field.