Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 42-46 , July 2008

Flexible Robotic Retrograde Renoscopy: Description of Novel Robotic Device and Preliminary Laboratory Experience

  • Mihir M. Desai

      Affiliations

    • Section of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Section of Endourology and Stone Disease, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mihir M. Desai, M.D., Sections of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery and Section of Endourology and Stone Disease, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, A100, Cleveland, OH 44195.
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  • Monish Aron

      Affiliations

    • Section of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Section of Endourology and Stone Disease, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Inderbir S. Gill

      Affiliations

    • Section of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Section of Endourology and Stone Disease, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Georges Pascal-Haber

      Affiliations

    • Section of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Section of Endourology and Stone Disease, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Osamu Ukimura

      Affiliations

    • Section of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Section of Endourology and Stone Disease, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Jihad H. Kaouk

      Affiliations

    • Section of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Section of Endourology and Stone Disease, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Gregory Stahler

      Affiliations

    • Hansen Medical, Mountain View, California
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  • Federico Barbagli

      Affiliations

    • Hansen Medical, Mountain View, California
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  • Christopher Carlson

      Affiliations

    • Hansen Medical, Mountain View, California
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  • Fredric Moll

      Affiliations

    • Hansen Medical, Mountain View, California

Received 25 October 2007 ,Accepted 4 January 2008.

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 M. M. Desai is a consultant and stockholder in Hansen Medical; I. S. Gill is a consultant to, and stockholder in, Hansen Medical; and F. Moll, G. Stahler, C. Carlson, and C. Barbagli are employees of Hansen Medical, Mountain View, California.

 This study was funded by Hansen Medical, Mountain View, California.

PII: S0090-4295(08)00225-2

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.01.076

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 42-46 , July 2008

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