Purpose For the facilitation of minimally invasive robotically performed direct cochlea access
(DCA) procedure, a surgical planning tool which enables the surgeon to define landmarks …

Otologic surgical procedures over time have become minimally invasive due to the
development of medicine, microtechniques, and robotics. This trend then provides an …

To demonstrate the feasibility of robotic middle ear access in a clinical setting, nine adult
patients with severe-to-profound hearing loss indicated for cochlear implantation were …

Conclusion: A system for robotic cochlear implantation (rCI) has been developed and a
corresponding surgical workflow has been described. The clinical feasibility was …

Surgical robot systems can work beyond the limits of human perception, dexterity, and scale,
making them inherently suitable for use in microsurgical procedures. However, despite …

Background Direct cochlear access (DCA) provides a minimally invasive tunnel from the
lateral surface of the mastoid through the facial recess to the middle ear for cochlear …

Physiological studies in humans proved that the central nervous system automatically
integrates the information from different sensory systems. Inspired by the integration …

Surgical robots have been proposed ex vivo to drill precise holes in the temporal bone for
minimally invasive cochlear implantation. The main risk of the procedure is damage of the …

In order to enhance the safety of the milling operation, we develop a condition monitoring
method by means of analyzing the bone vibration signal in robot-assisted spine surgery …

Robotic assistance in the context of lateral skull base surgery, particularly during cochlear
implantation procedures, has been the subject of considerable research over the last …