Title :
Design considerations for micro-surgical tools
Author :
Brett, Peter ; Ma, Xianghong ; Tritto, Giuseppe
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
Micro-surgery is a clinical practice where the clinician is working at or beyond the threshold of human dexterity. The tools available to surgeons are conventional in their design, and this provides a limit to what can be achieved. This paper describes considerations and possible methods for applying new technologies to assist in practice.
Keywords :
biocontrol; dynamic response; force control; force feedback; medical robotics; surgery; telerobotics; clinical dexterity; design considerations; dynamic response; force feedback; forceps; master-slave surgical tool systems; microsurgical tools; sensory feedback; servo force controllers; tactile perception; tool control; visual feedback; Force control; Force feedback; Humans; Industrial engineering; Master-slave; Microscopy; Microsurgery; Motion control; Servomechanisms; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1020455
