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Ademuyiwa AO, Bhangu A, Chakrabortee S, Glasbey J, Kamarajah SK, Ledda V, Li E, Morton D, Nepogodiev D, Picciochi M, Simoes JFF, Lapitan MC, Cheetham M, Forkman E, El-Boghdadly E, Ghosh D, Harrison EM, Hutchinson P, Lawani I, Aguilera ML, Martin J, Meara JG, Ntirenganya F, Medina ARDL, Tabiri S. Strategies to strengthen elective surgery systems during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: systematic review and framework development. Br J Surg 2024; 111:znad405. [PMID: 38300731 PMCID: PMC10833142 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znad405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Raje S, Reddy N, Jerbi H, Randhawa P, Tsaramirsis G, Shrivas NV, Pavlopoulou A, Stojmenović M, Piromalis D. Applications of Healthcare Robots in Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic. Appl Bionics Biomech 2021; 2021:7099510. [PMID: 34840604 PMCID: PMC8611354 DOI: 10.1155/2021/7099510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, there is a remarkable demand for robots, especially in the clinical sector. SARS-CoV-2 mainly propagates due to close human interactions and contaminated surfaces, and hence, maintaining social distancing has become a mandatory preventive measure. This generates the need to treat patients with minimal doctor-patient interaction. Introducing robots in the healthcare sector protects the frontline healthcare workers from getting exposed to the coronavirus as well as decreases the need for medical personnel as robots can partially take over some medical roles. The aim of this paper is to highlight the emerging role of robotic applications in the healthcare sector and allied areas. To this end, a systematic review was conducted regarding the various robots that have been implemented worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic to attenuate and contain the virus. The results obtained from this study reveal that the implementation of robotics into the healthcare field has a substantial effect in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2, as it blocks coronavirus propagation between patients and healthcare workers, along with other advantages such as disinfection or cleaning.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shruti Raje
- Manipal University Jaipur, School of Automobile, Mechanical and Mechatronics, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India
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- Manipal University Jaipur, School of Automobile, Mechanical and Mechatronics, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India
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- Department of Physics, College of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Manipal University Jaipur, School of Automobile, Mechanical and Mechatronics, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India
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- Manipal University Jaipur, School of Automobile, Mechanical and Mechatronics, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India
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- Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (IBG), Izmir International Biomedicine and Genome Institute, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, 35340 Balcova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Computer Science, Singidunum University, Danijelova 32, Beograd 160622, Serbia
| | - Dimitris Piromalis
- Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Athens, Greece
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