ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR LAPAROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES IN ABDOMINAL SURGERY

Description

Surgical operations using laparoscopic techniques consist of performing the intervention through small incisions in the patient's abdomen. Through these incisions, the instruments required for the specific operation are passed, as well as the optics of a camera that allows the surgeon to obtain visual feedback of the area in which the intervention is performed. Within this type of intervention, single-port techniques consist of reducing the number of incisions to one, in which a multiport trocar is placed that allows the insertion of 3 or 4 instruments. These procedures, despite being less invasive for patients, add additional difficulties for surgeons that impair their dexterity when performing a surgical procedure.
The present invention consists of a robotic system for assisting minimally invasive surgery, in particular, in single-port techniques, without the need to use an entry port, which makes it possible to free an entry port, and capable of accommodating its movement. to the anatomy of the abdominal wall, allowing the displacement of a medical device, preferably intra-abdominal robot equipped with an endoscopic vision system, along the abdominal wall safely for the patient.

Advantages

The medical device included in the intra-abdominal robot is an endoscopic vision system, which can be equipped with three degrees of freedom, two of them active (rotation and orientation) and a third actuated by software (zoom or zoom), which allows to obtain a complete field of vision of the interior of the abdominal cavity. In addition, the triangulation between the endoscopic vision system and the surgical instruments is recovered in single-port techniques.
In a preferred embodiment, the intra-abdominal robot comprises a battery-powered electrical power supply, avoiding the need for wiring from outside the abdominal cavity.

Uses and Applications

The present invention belongs to the fields of surgery and robotics, specifically to support systems for surgical practice, and more precisely to robotic systems specially designed as surgical instruments.

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Patent Number

ES2547030B2  Expediente

Applicants

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

Inventors

IRENE RIVAS BLANCO, VICTOR FERNANDO MUÑOZ MARTINEZ, PABLO DEL SAZ_OROZCO HUANG, ISABEL GARCIA MORALES, MARÍA CUEVAS RODRÍGUEZ, BELÉN ESTÉBANEZ CAMPOS, ENRIQUE BAUZANO NÚÑEZ

Filing Date

25/09/2014 

Protection Level: National (Spain)

Processing Status: Spanish patent