Abstract
INTRODUCTION Current neuroendoscopic instruments lack the required size, accuracy, dexterity, and reachability to perform complex intraventricular procedures (i.e. endoscopic third ventriculostomy) [1-2]. Surgical robots offer a potential solution, however the unique and critically constrained workspace within the ventricle system poses major challenges. Concentric tube robots consist of telescoping, precurved, superelast ic n i t inol tubes that when rotated/translated relative to each other, allows precise control of robot shape and position [3]. We have developed a miniaturized, teleoperated concentric tube robot and implemented it on a validated silicone hydrocephalic brain phantom [4].
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