Anchoring frame for intra-abdominal surgery

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is one of the modern surgical techniques that led to the miniaturization of surgical tools and brings the concept of inserting many robotic units into the peritoneal cavity for executing “scarless” surgical tasks. However, the development of transabdominal anchoring systems that guarantee stability is recognized as a challenging issue in the design of miniature intra-abdominal robotic devices. A dedicated platform, exploiting magnetic coupling for anchoring, has been designed by respecting anatomical constraints, maximizing the volume to increase the number of embedded magnets, and consequently incrementing operating distance. The device is equipped with a SMA (shape memory alloy) mechanism that allows configuration change from an extended cylindrical (compliant for deployment) to a compact triangular (rigid for providing stability) design. The feasibility and the potential of the proposed platform have been demonstrated both in in vitro and in in vivo conditions on a human phantom and a porcine model, respectively.

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