| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N21093/01 |
| Title: |
ACCESS-OPTIMISED SYSTEM FOR TRANSANAL SURGERY (ACCOST) |
| Principal Investigator: |
Hewit, Professor J |
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| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Dundee |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2000 |
Ends: |
31 May 2004 |
Value (£): |
275,342
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
Robotics & Autonomy |
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The prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer has improved greatly, due to better diagnostic imaging systems. Improvement in surgical instrumentation are now required. This project will produce a radical redesign of and improvement to the instrumentation currently used for transanal surgery, which is recognised as being functionally inadequate and cumbersome to use. Mechatronic design solutions will be developed for producing a new method of supporting the colorectal lumen; good access for surgical instruments to the tumour site wherever it is located; good and controllable lighting and vision for the surgeon; intuitive transformations from the surgeon's image of the tumour site to hand movements when operating the surgical tools; and a useful form of sensory feedback to the surgeon of the forces being applied to the tools at their interface with the tissues being manipulated or excised.The project will consider design options, on one hand, and test them in the laboratory to provide a research base for understanding the design issues and for generating improved designs, on the other. Best designs will be evaluated under simulated surgical conditions, prior to construction and evaluation of final prototype. The results of this project will provide generic design information for other surgical instrumentation.
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http://www.dundee.ac.uk |