Research towards position control and touch sense in endoscopy

Author

Stone, R.S.W. ; Brett, P.N. ; Tritto, J.

Author_Institution

AMARC, Bristol Univ., UK

fYear

1997

fDate

23-25 Sep 1997

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

56

Abstract

Describes an experimental system under development to provide a teleoperated steerable tip endoscope than can be manipulated using a control skin placed over the users finger with force feedback to the user of forces encountered by the endoscope. The research has provided a method of building a tool with integral tactile sensing that can be manufactured from materials suitable for invasive operative use in surgery and can be sufficiently low-cost as to enable the device to be disposable. The system has shown promising results at this early stage in the work

Keywords

actuators; feedback; fibre optic sensors; position control; surgery; tactile sensors; telecontrol; user interfaces; control skin; endoscopy; force feedback; integral tactile sensing; invasive operative use; position control; surgery; teleoperated steerable tip endoscope; touch sense; Control systems; Endoscopes; Fingers; Force control; Force feedback; Minimally invasive surgery; Position control; Shape control; Transducers; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 1997. Proceedings., Fourth Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Toowoomba, Qld.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8025-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMVIP.1997.625245

Filename

625245