Title :
A surgical robot system for maxillofacial surgery
Author :
Lueth, Tim C. ; Hein, Andreas ; Albrecht, Jochen ; Demirtas, Mustafa ; Zachow, Stefan ; Heissler, Ernst ; Klein, Martin ; Menneking, Horst ; Hommel, Guenter ; Bier, Juergen
Author_Institution :
Clinic for Maxillofacial Surg., Tech. Univ., Berlin, Germany
fDate :
31 Aug-4 Sep 1998
Abstract :
In this paper, the first active surgical robot system (OTTO) in a clinical environment for maxillofacial surgery is presented. The medical application is described from a technical point of view and the requirements for a robot in this speciality are defined. The paper describes the system architecture of the robotics environment and the need for research and development. The robot´s hardware is based on a delta-kinematics robot system. At the current state of development, the robot can be used for inserting nonflexible catheters and for implanting bone fixtures in the skull
Keywords :
medical robotics; robot kinematics; surgery; OTTO; bone fixtures implantation; clinical environment; delta-kinematics robot system; maxillofacial surgery; nonflexible catheter insertion; skull; surgical robot system; Biomedical equipment; Bones; Catheters; Fixtures; Hardware; Medical robotics; Medical services; Research and development; Robots; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 1998. IECON '98. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Aachen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4503-7
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1998.724114
