Title :
Non-situated vibrotactile force feedback and laparoscopy performance
Author :
Xin, Hao ; Burns, Catherine M. ; Zelek, John S.
Author_Institution :
Syst. Design Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont.
Abstract :
Sensory substitution cues have shown to enable force feedback in laparoscopic surgery. However, the sensory cues have been mostly visual, while tactile cues are largely ignored in the context of laparoscopic surgery. Vibrotactile force feedback cues implemented using pancake motors activated at predetermined force levels is tested in this study. Preliminary results show that tactile cues could potentially reduce the incidences of excessive use of force compared to providing visual or visual and tactile cues. However further study is needed to assess the effectiveness of tactile cues
Keywords :
force feedback; haptic interfaces; medical computing; surgery; augmented force feedback; laparoscopic surgery; laparoscopy performance; oscopic surgery; pancake motors; sensory cues; sensory substitution; tactile cues; tactile interface; vibrotactile force feedback; visual cues; Biological tissues; Design engineering; Force feedback; Force sensors; Haptic interfaces; Injuries; Laparoscopes; Minimally invasive surgery; Systems engineering and theory; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, 2006. HAVE 2006. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0760-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0761-3
DOI :
10.1109/HAVE.2006.283802
