Suturing simulation in surgical training environment

Author

Shi, Hans Fuhan ; Payandeh, Shahram

Author_Institution

Exp. Robot. Lab., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

10-15 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

422

Lastpage

423

Abstract

In this video we present a physics-based haptic simulation designed to teach basic suturing techniques for simple skin or soft tissue wound closure. The pre-wound suturing target, skin or deformable tissue, is modeled as a modified mass-spring system. The suturing material is designed as a mechanics-based deformable linear object. Tools involved in the live suturing procedures are also simulated. Collisions between the soft tissue and the needle, the soft tissue and the suture are analyzed. In addition to modeling the detail steps involved in a typical suturing procedure, modeling approaches for evaluation of a stitch are also discussed.

Keywords

computer graphics; medical computing; skin; surgery; virtual reality; deformable tissue; modified mass-spring system; pre-wound suturing target; skin; soft tissue; surgical training environment; suturing simulation; wound closure; Biological materials; Biological tissues; Computational modeling; Force feedback; Haptic interfaces; Needles; Skin; Springs; Surgery; Wounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009. IROS 2009. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on

Conference_Location

St. Louis, MO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3803-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3804-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.2009.5354595

Filename

5354595