Abstract:
A surgical instrument includes an extension portion having a surgical tool at an end thereof, and a head portion connected to the extension portion and actuating the surgical tool. In the surgical instrument, the extension portion includes a first extension portion connected to the head portion, a second extension portion having an elbow joint portion that is bending-actuated by a rigid rod that is reciprocated in a lengthwise direction by the head portion, and a connection portion connecting the first and second extension portions at an angle.
Abstract:
A surgical implement and a manipulation system including the surgical implement may include at least one instrument including at least one joint portion. The joint portion may include a first part, a second part connected to the first part, and a force applying element for applying a force for bending (or rotating) the second part. A distance between a joint point and a force application point where a force is applied may be greater than a diameter of at least one of the first part and the second part. The instrument may further include a second joint portion spaced apart from the joint portion, and a surgical tool connected to an end portion of the second joint portion. The manipulation system may include a supporting structure, at least one instrument supported by the supporting structure, and an operating device for operating the instrument.
Abstract:
A breast scanning apparatus which uses photoacoustic ultrasonic waves is provided. The breast scanning apparatus includes a body which includes a first hole and a second hole which are horizontally parallel to each other; a first compression plate and a second compression plate, at least one of which is movable in a vertical direction with respect to the body; a first sliding plate and a second sliding plate, which are respectively installed on surfaces of the first compression plate and the second compression plate and are facing each other and are movable in a first direction; a first ultrasonic transducer array in the first compression plate and facing the first sliding plate; and a first laser head in the first compression plate, which is movable in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of correcting a medical image according to a patient's pose variation. The method includes attaching a marker to an object, generating a first non-real-time image and a first real-time image when the object is in a first pose, generating a second real-time image when the object is in a second pose, and correcting the first non-real-time image based on shift information of the marker when the object is changed from the first pose to the second pose.
Abstract:
An endoscope includes a first lens unit that collects light corresponding to an object image which is an image including depth information of an object; a second lens unit that collects light corresponding to a surrounding tissue image which is an image of a surrounding tissue of the object; a switching unit that alternately applies light received from the first lens unit and the second lens unit to a photographing unit; and a photographing unit that alternately captures the light from the switching unit.
Abstract:
A robot system including a surgical robot inserted into a subject may include: a photographing device that is disposed on an end portion of the surgical robot, is inserted into a body part of the subject, which is to be treated, and captures a real-time image with a resolution at which the body part to be treated may be observed in units of cells; a control device that receives a control signal for controlling the surgical robot by referring to the real-time image received from the photographing device; and an energy generating device that is disposed adjacent to the photographing device, and transmits energy to a region corresponding to the body part to be treated which is being photographed by the photographing device according to the control signal.