1. Initial experience with the HandX device: training and initial laparoscopic case series – a video vignette.
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Khan, Mohammad Faraz, Kearns, Emma, and Cahill, Ronan A.
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LAPAROSCOPIC surgery , *HERNIA surgery , *VIGNETTES , *SURGICAL emergencies , *COLOSTOMY , *SURGICAL complications - Abstract
The device has a small operating room footprint and may offer a solution to precise instrument tip articulation and roticulation [[1]] in a more cost-effective manner than other more complicated robotic platforms [[2]]. After bench and biomedical model training, the HandX system was used in a series of colorectal and general procedures by two operating surgeons. The attached short video (Video S1) shares our initial experience with a handheld, powered laparoendoscopic 5 mm lightweight electromechanical digital device (HandX™, Human Xtensions) that includes both hardware and software components to convert the surgeon's hand movements precisely to the instrument-articulating tip, allowing enhanced degrees of freedom and full articulation. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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