A Flexible Distal Tip with Two Degrees of Freedom for Enhanced Dexterity in Endoscopic Robot Surgery
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A flexible distal tip with two degrees of freedom has been developed for endoscopic robot surgery. The flexible tip consists of a superelastic NiTi tube which can be bent from -90o to +90o in 2 directions by means of 4 cables. The improvement over previous devices is the combination of two degrees of freedom with a small diameter of only 5 mm. An additional advantage is the tool channel which enables the use of different instruments with this single device.
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