R. J. Wood

2 accepted papers

2017

Deployable stabilization mechanisms for endoscopic procedures

T. Ranzani, S. Russo, F. Schwab, C. J. Walsh, R. J. Wood

ICRA 2017poster

Flexible endoscopes are still the gold standard in most natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures; however their flexibility (necessary for navigating through the GI tract) limits their capabilities in terms of distal manipulation and stability. We propose a deployable endos…

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2017

Pop-up tissue retraction mechanism for endoscopic surgery

S. Becker, T. Ranzani, S. Russo, R. J. Wood

IROS 2017poster

Numerous therapeutic transendoscopic procedures exist to treat lesions in the GI tract. However, these procedures are limited by their difficulty and the amount of training required to successfully perform them. The surgeon is tasked with simultaneously steering the distal tip of the endoscope, appl…

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