Design of an interactive lumbar puncture simulator with tactile feedback

Author

Singh, Sunil K. ; Bostrom, Mikael ; Popa, Dan O. ; Wiley, Christopher W.

Author_Institution

Thayer Sch. of Eng., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

8-13 May 1994

Firstpage

1734

Abstract

Lumbar puncture for purposes of administering spinal or epidural anesthesia is a complex clinical skill which requires the clinician to precisely correlate a detailed mental map of hidden three-dimensional anatomy with tactile feedback from the spinal needle as it´s being inserted. At Dartmouth, a collaborative work between the engineering and medical schools is aimed at developing a computer-based simulation utilizing high-resolution 3D graphics and a force-feedback device to simulate the “feel” of inserting the needle. This paper describes the mechanical design, hardware and software issues and some of the technical challenges being addressed in this project

Keywords

computer based training; computer graphics; digital simulation; feedback; interactive systems; medical computing; surgery; computer-based simulation; epidural anesthesia; force-feedback device; high-resolution 3D graphics; interactive lumbar puncture simulator; spinal anesthesia; spinal needle; tactile feedback; Anatomy; Anesthesia; Biomedical engineering; Collaborative work; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Educational institutions; Feedback; Medical simulation; Needles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 1994. Proceedings., 1994 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5330-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.1994.351342

Filename

351342