Robotics orthopedic surgery

Tables 5 describes the effect of DoA on risk assessment for the orthopedic surgery assist robot. Autonomy is utilized mainly in the bone milling action of surgeon for improved precision and accuracy of the task.

Since the first attempts in the 1980s, robots have been used in orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopy, physical therapy treatments, and other several areas in the field of medicine. Several companies including Intuitive Surgical, Hocoma, Hansen Medical and Honda, have launched healthcare robots with notable success. There have been important developments in the application of robotic technologies to new healthcare procedures not limited to laparoscopic and physical training procedures. 

Taylor, R. H., et al., An Image-directed Robotic System for Precise Orthopedic Surgery, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 1994,10(3) 261-275. 

Brandt, G., et al., A compact robot for image-guided orthopedic surgery concept and preliminary results, in Proc. First Joint Conference ofCVRMed and MRCAS, 1997, Grenoble, France, Springer. 

FIGURE 29.1 (a, b) ROBODOC system for orthopedic replacement surgery (photos by author), (c) Early version ROBODOC planning screen and (d) comparative cross sections showing conventionaRy broached (lop) and robotically machined (botbnn) cadaver femurs. - ... 

DiGioia, A. M., B. Jaramaz, and R. V. O Toole, An Integrated Approach to Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery in Orthopedics, in Proc. 1st Int. Symposium on Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 1994. Pittsburg. 

Brett Bell received a PhD in biomedical engineering from the Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, in 2009. He then joined the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, to lead the robotic surgery group focused on microsurgical procedures on the lateral skull base. In 2015, Dr. Bell joined a company developing orthopedic robotic instruments. 

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