ROBOTIC ARM ASSISTANT FOR UROLOGICAL LAPAROSCOPY

Urological laparoscopic surgery is currently undergoing a rapid phase of exploration to define the limits of this type of surgery. One neces sity is the abdication of the human camera assistant. The drawbacks of a cameraman include fatigability, surgical anticipation, wandering im agery, and magnified-wobbling electronic fields. To circumvent all of these problems for urological surgery, an engineer and a urologist hav e integrated a pneumatically controlled robotic arm to supplant the hu man factor during laparoscopic surgery.