Vanderbilt University

S Duke Herrell

Robert J Webster, Iii

Philip Joseph Swaney

Richard Joseph Hendrick

Ray Adams Lathrop

Trevor L Bruns

A robotic surgical apparatus includes at least two tubes having a nested, concentric configuration with an inner tube positioned in an outer tube. The tubes are configured to deliver surgical therapy. A first tube carrier connected to the outer tube and a second tube carrier connected to the inner tube. The first tube carrier and its associated outer tube and the second tube carrier and its associated inner tube form a robotic arm assembly. An actuator for actuating the robotic arm assembly is configured to receive the robotic arm assembly via a tube insertion interface into which the robotic arm assembly can be inserted.

Concentric tube robot

An apparatus () for performing endoscopic surgery on a patient () includes at least two concentric tube manipulators () adapted to carry devices () for performing a surgical operation. A transmission () operates the concentric tube manipulators (). An endoscope tube () has a proximal end portion fixed to the transmission (). The concentric tube manipulators () extend from the transmission () through an inner lumen () of the endoscope tube () and are operable to extend from a distal end () of the endoscope tube.

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Nashville, TN, United States of America

S Duke Herrell