• DocumentCode
    799565
  • Title

    Automatic surgical tools for penetrating flexible tissues

  • Author

    Brett, P.N. ; Fraser, C.A. ; Hennigan, M. ; Griffiths, M.V. ; Kamel, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Manuf. & Autom. Res. Centre, Bristol Univ., UK
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1995
  • Firstpage
    264
  • Lastpage
    270
  • Abstract
    Describes techniques developed at the authors´ institute for controlling penetrating tools in non-rigid tissues. Two procedures are referenced to illustrate the approach. These procedures describe force characteristics and schemes for identifying critical states, and strategies for control. The authors consider: controlling tool penetration for microdrilling a stapedetomy; other procedures involving non-rigid tissues
  • Keywords
    biocontrol; biomechanics; biomedical equipment; computerised instrumentation; surgery; automatic surgical tools; control strategies; critical states identification; flexible tissues penetration; force characteristics; medical instrumentation; nonrigid tissues; stapedetomy microdrilling; tool penetration control; Automatic control; Availability; Bone tissue; Force control; Humans; Probes; Safety; Surgery; Surges; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0739-5175
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/51.391778
  • Filename
    391778