Design and evaluation of a smart passive dynamic arm support for robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery.

ABSTRACT: Surgeons performing robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery experience physical stress and overuse of shoulder muscles due to sub-optimal arm support during surgery. The objective is to present a novel design and prototype of a dynamic arm support for robotic laparoscopic surgery to evaluate its ergonomics and performance on the AdLap-VR simulation training device. The prototype was designed using the mechanical engineering design process: Technical requirements, concept creation, concept selection, 3D-design and built of the prototype. A crossover study was performed on a marble sorting task on the AdLap-VR. The first group performed four trials without the arm support, followed by four trials with the arm support, and the other group executed the sequence vice versa. The performance parame

SUBMITTER: Schrijvershof P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10858817 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature