scholarly journals Microelectromechanical force and tactile sensors for minimally invasive surgery

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beibei Han
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Tactile Sensors

Biomimetics Microfluidic Tactile Sensor Array

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Yu Tseng ◽  
Jefferey S. Fisher ◽  
Javier L. Prieto ◽  
Kentaro Rinaldi ◽  
Abraham P. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Sensor Array ◽  
Tactile Sensor ◽  
Prosthetic Hand ◽  
Tactile Sensors ◽  
Robotic Sensing

Tactile sensors are the interfaces to detect the physical properties of objects and have extensive applications in robotic sensing, biomechanics, minimally invasive surgery and human prosthetics [1]. For human prosthetics applications, the current prosthetic hand can offer only the manipulation function. With the sensing being part of the prosthetic hand, the user can get feedback from the prosthetic. This feeling can help users decrease their dependency on visual information and have better body control on weight balancing and signal limb stance.

Mems Tactile Sensors for Surgical Instruments

2003 ◽  
Vol 773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith J. Rebello ◽  
Kyle S. Lebouitz ◽  
Michele Migliuolo
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Tactile Feedback ◽  
Surgical Instruments ◽  
Tactile Sensors ◽  
Surgical Tools ◽  
Recent Introduction ◽  
Significant Limitation ◽  
Surgical Tool

AbstractThe development of sophisticated endoscopic tools and the recent introduction of robotics are expanding the applications of minimally invasive surgery. The lack of tactile feedback in the currently available endoscopic and robotic telemanipulation systems however represents a significant limitation. A need has arisen for the development of surgical instruments having integrated sensors. Current efforts to integrate sensors into or onto surgical tools has focused on fabrication of sensors on silicon, polyimide, or some other substrate and then attaching the sensors to a tool by hand or machine with epoxy, tape, or some other glue layer. Attaching the sensor in this manner has certain deficiencies. In particular, this method of attaching sensors to a surgical tool limits the sensors size, increases its thickness, and further constrains where the sensor can be placed. A method of fabricating tactile sensors on surgical instruments that addresses these deficiencies is discussed.

scholarly journals Pinch Force Measurement in Minimally Invasive Surgery with Tactile Sensors

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1056-1061
Author(s):  
Mithat Can Özin ◽  
Bilsay Sümer ◽  
İlker Murat Koç
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Force Measurement ◽  
Tactile Sensor ◽  
Tactile Sensors ◽  
Pinch Force ◽  
Thin Film Sensors ◽  
Real Time Measurement ◽  
Low Elastic Modulus

This study focuses on the real-time measurement of the distributed pinch force in minimally invasive surgery with a piezoresistive tactile sensor. The measurement of the pinch force in distributed form is important because the conventional surgical tools have angular opening/closing mechanism, which causes non-uniform force distribution on the contacting sample. Additionally, the location and the magnitude of the equivalent pinch force is calculated. The grasping of the samples with homogenous and constant pinch force and the characterization of the samples with low elastic modulus can be carried out with tactile sensor included surgery tools. Apprentice surgeons can benefit the advantages of the thin film sensors in their training.

V1695: Minimizing Minimally Invasive Surgery: the Three Port Robotic Pyeloplasty

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 448-448
Author(s):  
Farjaad M. Siddiq ◽  
Patrick Villicana ◽  
Raymond J. Leveillee
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Robotic Pyeloplasty
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