Vibrotactile palpation instrument for use in minimal invasive surgery

Author

Petter, Erwin ; Biehl, Margit ; Meyer, Jörg-Uwe

Author_Institution

Dept. Sensorsyst./Microsyst., Fraunhofer Inst. for Biomed. Eng., St. Ingbert, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

179

Abstract

A new tactile measurement system has been developed which is able to differentiate the hardness of various soft materials like living tissues. In particular it can detect harder inclusions within a softer matrix such as a tumorous knot embedded within physiological tissue. The system measures the mechanical frequency response of the tissue. It is intended to integrate this “vibrotactile sensor” inside the top of a tactile rod for endoscopic surgery, in order to provide the surgeon a substitute for the missing tactile feeling

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical equipment; hardness testing; mechanical variables measurement; surgery; tactile sensors; embedded tumorous knot; endoscopic surgery; harder inclusions; living tissues; medical instrumentation; minimally invasive surgery; missing tactile feeling substitute; physiological tissue; soft materials hardness differentiation; softer matrix; tactile rod; tissue mechanical frequency response; vibrotactile palpation instrument; Coils; Force measurement; Frequency; Head; Impedance measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Minimally invasive surgery; Permanent magnets; Surgical instruments; Vibration measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.656905

Filename

656905