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Security systems in medical robotics

Authors: Jérémie GUIOCHET, Gilles MOTET, Bertrand TONDU, Claude BARON

Publication date: April 10, 2007 | Lire en français

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    2. Unintended effects: damage

    In order to analyze the concept of safety inherent in medical robots, it is essential to go back to the basics and understand the mechanism by which accidents occur. For any system, unwanted effects are identified by the notion of damage, which in turn enables us to define the concepts of risk and safety.

    2.1 Damage

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    2.1.1 Definition

    The notion of damage is common to many fields. It is defined in the same way in the medical field [37]...

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