A new Micromanipulator System for middle ear surgery

Author

Maier, Thomas ; Strauss, Gero ; Hofer, Mathias ; Kraus, Tobias ; Runge, Annette ; Stenzel, Roland ; Gumprecht, Jan ; Berger, Thomas ; Dietz, Andreas ; Lueth, Tim C.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Micro Technol. & Med. Device Technol. (MiMed), Tech. Univ. Munchen, Garching b München, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

3-7 May 2010

Firstpage

1568

Lastpage

1573

Abstract

In this article, a new Micromanipulator System (MMS-II) for middle ear surgery is presented. The purpose of this work was to develop a simple but effective manipulator that would enable the surgeon to move standard surgical instruments in a precise way even under non-ergonomic conditions. The MMS-II is lightweight, small, and easy to use; it requires no PC, besides a small microcontroller-based joystick console. Such features, together with a practicable sterilization concept and the availability of a multiplicity of surgical instruments, allow the system to be used in standard surgical procedures.

Keywords

ear; interactive devices; microcontrollers; micromanipulators; surgery; ear surgery; microcontroller based joystick; micromanipulator system; nonergonomic condition; standard surgical instrument; surgical instrument; Ear; Manipulators; Micromanipulators; Microsurgery; Parallel robots; Prosthetics; Service robots; Surgery; Surges; Surgical instruments;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5038-1

Electronic_ISBN

1050-4729

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509594

Filename

5509594