Engineering Approaches to Mechanical and Robotic Design for Minimally Invasive Surgeries (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) [Hardcover]

Ali Faraz (Author), Shahram Payandeh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0792377923 | ISBN-13: 978-0792377924 | Edition: 1

This cross-disciplinary book investigates engineering principles in the design and development of mechanisms for surgery. The approaches are based on mechanical engineering design principles and electro-mechanical systems, including mechatronics. The approaches used in this book can be followed by any design engineer. It is also of interest to researchers and practitioners in fields such as biomedical engineering, medical device design, mechanical engineering, electrical kinesiology, and electro-mechanical engineering. Among the book's contributions to the field: For those interested in robotics, a new application is presented; For those interested in minimally invasive surgery, a new approach to designing tools is introduced; For design engineers, the problems associated with MIS are formulated and addressed. The design constraints and objectives can be used by any other designer for further improvements or integration. This book will be an essential reference for design engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, biomedical engineers, and all those involved in the design and development of medical devices.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (March 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792377923
• ISBN-13: 978-0792377924
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,458,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars a good introduction for laparoscopic, single-port, NOTEs device, July 19, 2010

By 

JJ You "colorectal surgeon" (ChangHua, Taiwan) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Engineering Approaches to Mechanical and Robotic Design for Minimally Invasive Surgeries (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) (Hardcover)

This book is based on the thesis of Ali Faraz. The references collection is well and this book is friendly reading. A 6 joints (DoF) laparoscopic device(Ch2,3); a suture device (Ch4); hepatic sensation (Ch5) are developed, and it is focus on the arm and joint mechanics.
Most of the new books, concerning of laparoscopic/robotic devices, will not cited the old references. Inside the abdominal cavity, the limitation of space is quite different with industry robotic arm. The authors introduced some basic problems, and step by step why the model was chosen, the calculation process.

I'd specially like page 23: about the PRR (SCARA) model.
page 50: concerning about dexterous measurement.
page 59: capturing and oriented the needle cost 40-60% time.
page 75: sensation near joint/page 135: sampling frequency is around/below 2kHz.
page 138: spherical joints got 3 DoF.
page 114, p164: 6 DoF Jacobian matrix is complex, the authors cited Waldron method for calculation.

Though it is published 10 years ago, it is still a very interesting book. And some of the theory had evoluted, continuous used in single-port, NOTEs, and robotic surgery.