• DocumentCode
    250168
  • Title

    Robot guided water jet cutting to assist osteotomies of human bones

  • Author

    Westphal, Ralf ; Zaremba, David ; Hassel, Thomas ; Suero, Eduardo M. ; Nael, Hawi ; Citak, Musa ; Krettek, Christian ; Bach, Friedrich-Wilhelm ; Wahl, Friedrich M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. fur Robotik und Prozessinformatik (Robot. & Process Control), Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    May 31 2014-June 7 2014
  • Firstpage
    2083
  • Lastpage
    2083
  • Abstract
    Displacement osteotomy is an operative method for load relieving of pre-damaged joints through the correction of skeletally-based abnormal displacements of leg axes. We present an experimental operating room set-up to demonstrate the applicability of a robot guided water jet osteotomy for human tibial bones. We show that smooth, circular shaped cut surfaces can be obtained with this technology that allow for an easy and precise correction of the leg axis.
  • Keywords
    bone; medical robotics; patient treatment; displacement osteotomy; human bones osteotomy assistance; human tibial bones; leg axis correction; operating room set-up; robot guided water jet cutting; robot guided water jet osteotomy; skeletally-based abnormal displacement; Bones; Electronic mail; Head; Joints; Planning; Robots; Water jet cutting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907136
  • Filename
    6907136