Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review
Faster recovery, reduced trauma, and improved patient outcomes drive innovations in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Notwithstanding significant advancements, traditional MIS tools have been limited in navigating deep anatomical pathways and offering precise control at target sites. Continuum robot...
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| author | Fahad Iqbal Mojtaba Esfandiari Golchehr Amirkhani Hamidreza Hoshyarmanesh Sanju Lama Mahdi Tavakoli Garnette R. Sutherland |
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| description | Faster recovery, reduced trauma, and improved patient outcomes drive innovations in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Notwithstanding significant advancements, traditional MIS tools have been limited in navigating deep anatomical pathways and offering precise control at target sites. Continuum robotics has emerged as a solution, with recent developments enabling greater flexibility and maneuverability in surgical interventions. In this review, we first highlight recent developments in mechanical-continuum robots for traditional minimally invasive surgery and then summarize the current state-of-the-art in steerable catheter-based interventions. We discuss limitations to current approaches and explore the emerging potential of soft robots as a novel strategy to address the challenge of developing versatile, highly articulated flexible tools for minimally invasive surgical interventions. We hope that this review will, on the one hand, provide an introduction and resource for students and researchers alike, and on the other hand, will stimulate discussion vis-à-vis future directions in minimally invasive surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dfe6e92b5f9248b78a0fade22ec8121f2025-02-11T00:00:39ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113240532407910.1109/ACCESS.2025.353567710856003Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic ReviewFahad Iqbal0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8935-7660Mojtaba Esfandiari1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-6862Golchehr Amirkhani2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1743-1750Hamidreza Hoshyarmanesh3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5717-1351Sanju Lama4Mahdi Tavakoli5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7427-6961Garnette R. Sutherland6Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaMechanical Engineering Department, Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAMechanical Engineering Department, Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAQuestrom School of Business, Boston University, Boston, MA, USADepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaElectrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaFaster recovery, reduced trauma, and improved patient outcomes drive innovations in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Notwithstanding significant advancements, traditional MIS tools have been limited in navigating deep anatomical pathways and offering precise control at target sites. Continuum robotics has emerged as a solution, with recent developments enabling greater flexibility and maneuverability in surgical interventions. In this review, we first highlight recent developments in mechanical-continuum robots for traditional minimally invasive surgery and then summarize the current state-of-the-art in steerable catheter-based interventions. We discuss limitations to current approaches and explore the emerging potential of soft robots as a novel strategy to address the challenge of developing versatile, highly articulated flexible tools for minimally invasive surgical interventions. We hope that this review will, on the one hand, provide an introduction and resource for students and researchers alike, and on the other hand, will stimulate discussion vis-à-vis future directions in minimally invasive surgery.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10856003/Continuum robotsminimally invasive surgerysoft robots |
| spellingShingle | Fahad Iqbal Mojtaba Esfandiari Golchehr Amirkhani Hamidreza Hoshyarmanesh Sanju Lama Mahdi Tavakoli Garnette R. Sutherland Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review IEEE Access Continuum robots minimally invasive surgery soft robots |
| title | Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | continuum and soft robots in minimally invasive surgery a systematic review |
| topic | Continuum robots minimally invasive surgery soft robots |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10856003/ |
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