Kazuyuki Kojima

About

Kazuyuki Kojima is a leading figure at the intersection of surgical robotics and minimally invasive surgery, with a career dedicated to enhancing precision and safety in the operating room. His research focuses on developing advanced robotic systems and novel visualization tools, most notably pioneering the integration of three-dimensional head-mounted displays with high-definition endoscopes for gasless single-port procedures. Kojima’s major contributions include the creation of the Pneumatic Surgical Manipulator IBIS IV, a system designed to address the critical challenge of force measurement and haptic feedback in teleoperated surgery, and the invention of an assemblable, three-fingered robotic hand with nine degrees of freedom that can be inserted through trocars and assembled inside the abdominal cavity—a transformative approach for laparoscopic surgery. His work on robotic-assisted surgery for rectal cancer has garnered significant attention, with his most cited papers accumulating over 200 citations. By tackling the limitations of current surgical tools, Kojima has advanced the frontier of robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery, offering new possibilities for precise dissection and improved patient outcomes.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   New three‐dimensional head‐mounted display system, TMDU‐S‐3D system, for minimally invasive surgery application: Procedures for gasless single‐port radical nephrectomy

   63 citations · 2012
2. 2
   Development of a Pneumatic Surgical Manipulator IBIS IV

   63 citations · 2010
3. 3
   Robotic‐assisted surgery for rectal cancer: Current state and future perspective

   48 citations · 2018
4. 4
   Assemblable three-fingered nine-degree of freedom hand for laparoscopic surgery

   20 citations · 2009
5. 5
   Assemblable Three-FingeredNine-Degrees-of-FreedomHand for Laparoscopic Surgery

   18 citations · 2010
6. 6
   Assemblable tools for laparoscopic surgery

   4 citations · 2010

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