Swaging a tube. A machined stepped-diameter hole is made in a plate. This end of the tube is inserted into the hole from the smaller diameter side of the plate. The color distribution of a number of individual laparoscopic images are analyzed. A unique color is designated to the surgical instrument therefore its position can be determined even if only a small portion is visible in the image field.
Laparoscopic surgery requires only a few small incisions in the abdomen wall.
This allows insertion of the surgical instruments and a laparoscopic camera. Reference Vision Systems Design, December 1996. Data can be transmitted and processed by any external equipment i.e. a computer or data processor. Contact Panasonic Factory Automation. Roger S. Reiss is a contractor based in Ft.