A Sense of Touch in Laparoscopy: Using Augmented Haptic Feedback to Improve Grasp Control

Laparoscopy is Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) that is conducted in the belly alcove and which enables instruments, which enter the body through small incisions, to manipulate tissue. The possible complications arising during laparoscopic surgery are partly caused by improper grasp control on the part of the surgeons using the graspers. This is...