A miniature robotic device applicable to a flexible endoscope for the surgical dissection of a gastro-intestinal tract surface neoplasms

The invention is a tool installed as cap to the tip of an endoscope. The cap contains a teleoperation robot with 2 arms which the surgeon/endoscopist can control with an ergonomic console.

Settore:

Life sciences

Research Institution:

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Publication number:

ITFI20130055A1

Technologies, Systems, Applications:

Medical devices development

Technological Priority:

Biorobotics