Reuben Brewer

TL;DR: In this paper, a system and method for abdominal surgery is described, which can have one or more end effectors that can be attached to an introducer and/or tray and inserted into the abdomen through a large puncture through the patient's umbilicus.

TL;DR: A manipulator design combining accelerometer-based sensing with low-cost actuation is presented, and the utility of consumer-grade accelerometers even on high-precision manipulators is demonstrated.

TL;DR: A magnetic force control system for guiding a medical instrument within a body includes: a controlled magnet coupled to the medical instrument, a controller magnet that exerts a magnetic force on the controlled magnet, and a magnetically permeable shield, placed between the controlling magnet and the controller magnet, that selectively modulates the magnetic force by rerouting magnetic field lines as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, a system and method for abdominal surgery is described, which can have one or more end effectors that can be attached to an introducer and/or tray and inserted into the abdomen through a large puncture through the patient's umbilicus.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a proof-of-concept system for closed-loop force control of a permanent magnet using shielding materials, which is used to regulate the attractive force exerted by a large controlling magnet on a smaller moving magnet.