Journal & Courier

Device by Purdue biomedical engineering students vies for 1st in national inventors competition

Purdue University students developed a reimagined laparoscopic grasper for a national inventors' competition. The new surgical tool features force sensors in its tip to give surgeons real-time ...
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Two-port laparoscopic appendectomy with the help of a needle grasper: better cosmetic results and fewer trocars than conventional laparoscopic appendectomy.

The two-port laparoscopic appendectomy technique (TPLA) lays between the conventional three-port trocar procedure and single-port laparoscopic appendectomy surgery. During TPLA, the appendix is ...
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A promising technique for easier single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: needle grasper traction of gallbladder.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the primary treatment method for benign gallbladder diseases. Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) was reported to be superior in terms of work ...
Science Daily

Clever application of magnetic force enhances laparoscopic surgery

A team of engineers is using magnetic force to design new and improved instruments for minimally invasive surgery. The use of magnetic actuation allows them to create tools that are more flexible and ...
EurekAlert!

NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop new tool that brings missing sense of touch to minimally-invasive surgery procedures

Abu Dhabi, UAE, June 23, 2022: A team of researchers from the NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Advanced Microfluidics and Microdevices Laboratory (AMMLab) have developed a simple, yet effective approach for ...