Computer assisted knee replacement.
- S. Delp, S. Stulberg, B. Davies, F. Picard, F. Leitner
- MedicineClinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
- 1 September 1998
The rationale for the development of computer assisted knee replacement systems is presented, the operation of several different systems is described, the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches are discussed, and areas for future research are suggested.
Hands-on robotic unicompartmental knee replacement: a prospective, randomised controlled study of the acrobot system.
- J. Cobb, J. Henckel, B. Davies
- MedicineJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume
- 1 February 2006
There was a trend towards improvement in performance with increasing accuracy based on the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and American Knee Society scores at six weeks and three months, and the Acrobot device allows the surgeon to reproduce a pre-operative plan more reliably than is possible using conventional techniques which may have clinical advantages.
A review of robotics in surgery
- B. Davies
- MedicineProceedings of the Institution of mechanical…
- 1 January 2000
A classification of the various types of robot system currently being investigated internationally, together with a number of examples of different applications in both soft-tissue and orthopaedic surgery, are given.
Active Constraints/Virtual Fixtures: A Survey
- Stuart A. Bowyer, B. Davies, F. Baena
- Computer ScienceIEEE Transactions on robotics
- 1 February 2014
The active constraint research is described and compared using a simple generalized framework, which consists of three primary processes: 1) constraint definition, 2) constraint evaluation, and 3) constraint enforcement.
A review of medical robotics for minimally invasive soft tissue surgery
- G. Dogangil, B. Davies, F. Rodriguez y Baena
- MedicineProceedings of the Institution of mechanical…
- 1 May 2010
An overview of recent trends and developments in medical robotics for minimally invasive soft tissue surgery, with a view to highlight some of the issues posed and solutions proposed in the literature.
A surgeon robot prostatectomy--a laboratory evaluation.
- B. Davies, R. Hibberd, M. Coptcoat, J. Wickham
- MedicineJournal of Medical Engineering & Technology
- 1989
Cet article presente une etude de faisabilite concernant l'assistance d'un robot lors d'une intervention chirurgicale telle que la prostatectomie, adapte sur un robot 6 axis Puma Unimate.
The hands-on orthopaedic robot "acrobot": Early clinical trials of total knee replacement surgery
- M. Jakopec, F. Baena, S. Harris, P. Gomes, J. Cobb, B. Davies
- MedicineIEEE Trans. Robotics Autom.
- 1 October 2003
A "hands-on" robotic system for total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is presented. A computer tomography-based preoperative planning software is used to accurately plan the procedure.…
Robot assisted knee surgery
- S. Ho, R. Hibberd, B. Davies
- Engineering, Medicine
- 1 May 1995
Discusses establishing a force control strategy incorporating active motion constraint and considers problems with conventional surgery, robot assisted surgery, and control strategy.
The first clinical application of a "hands-on" robotic knee surgery system.
- M. Jakopec, S. J. Harris, F. Rodriguez y Baena, P. Gomes, J. Cobb, B. Davies
- MedicineJournal of Computer-Aided Surgery
- 2001
The Acrobot system has been successfully used to accurately register and cut the knee bones in TKR surgery, demonstrating the great potential of a "hands-on" robot for improving accuracy and increasing safety in surgery.
Active-Constraint Robotics for Surgery
- B. Davies, M. Jakopec, J. Cobb
- MedicineProceedings of the IEEE
- 30 October 2006
The concepts and benefits of hands-on robotic surgery and active-constraint robotics are introduced, and the case is made for robotic systems to have a clear justification, with benefits compared to those from cheaper navigation systems.
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