Title :
Robot guided water jet cutting to assist osteotomies of human bones
Author :
Westphal, Ralf ; Zaremba, David ; Hassel, Thomas ; Suero, Eduardo M. ; Nael, Hawi ; Citak, Musa ; Krettek, Christian ; Bach, Friedrich-Wilhelm ; Wahl, Friedrich M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Robotik und Prozessinformatik (Robot. & Process Control), Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
fDate :
May 31 2014-June 7 2014
Abstract :
Displacement osteotomy is an operative method for load relieving of pre-damaged joints through the correction of skeletally-based abnormal displacements of leg axes. We present an experimental operating room set-up to demonstrate the applicability of a robot guided water jet osteotomy for human tibial bones. We show that smooth, circular shaped cut surfaces can be obtained with this technology that allow for an easy and precise correction of the leg axis.
Keywords :
bone; medical robotics; patient treatment; displacement osteotomy; human bones osteotomy assistance; human tibial bones; leg axis correction; operating room set-up; robot guided water jet cutting; robot guided water jet osteotomy; skeletally-based abnormal displacement; Bones; Electronic mail; Head; Joints; Planning; Robots; Water jet cutting;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
DOI :
10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907136
