Robotic Surgery Equipment: DA VINCI XI System

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Robotic Surgery Equipment: da Vinci Xi System
Figure 1: Standard da Vinci Xi System
The da Vinci Xi System comes as the fourth generation among the Intuitive’s surgical system
that enables surgeons to carry out procedure that are minimally invasive with the aid of hand
controls from computer system that is located numerous feet away from the patient undergoing
the surgery1. The later model of this system has thinner arms which are able to reach numerous
incision sites as well as lower the chances of interferences of surgical arms with each other.
1 Lamb, B. W., O. Alghazo, J. Goad, E. Upton, J. Hiller, N. Lawrentschuk, and D. Murphy. "The da Vinci© Xi
surgical system with integrated Table Motion can reduce the need for Trendelenburg position without compromising
surgical parameters." (2018)

Figure 2: Three components of da Vinci Xi System
Figure 3: da Vinci Xi System control overview
The aim of the design of this equipment is to conserve the benefit to patient undergoing
endoscopic surgery skills even as it gives back to surgeon’s dexterity of open surgery. The serial
operators which are run by the surgeon serve as device for high resolution input. Two
independent vision channels are available that send images to the surgeon with the virtual image

plane being located right above the hands2. The position of the endoscope are easily controlled
with the aid of switches and foot-actioned buttons which allow for repositioning of the master as
well as making adjustments to the focus of the camera.
2 Kim, Da Hee, Hwan Kim, Sanghyun Kwak, Kwangha Baek, Gina Na, Ji Hoon Kim, and Se Heon Kim. "The
settings, pros and cons of the new surgical robot da Vinci Xi system for transoral robotic surgery (TORS): a
comparison with the popular da Vinci Si system." Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques 26,
no. 5 (2016): 391-396