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Haptic Guidance in Comanipulated Laser Surgery for Fetal Disorders

Gruijthuijsen, C; Javaux, A; Borghesan, G; Vercauteren, T; Stoyanov, D; Ourselin, S; Perret, J; ... Vander Poorten, E; + view all (2016) Haptic Guidance in Comanipulated Laser Surgery for Fetal Disorders. In: Perret, J and Vander Poorten, E, (eds.) Proceedings of ACTUATOR 2016. Messe Bremen: Bremen, Germany. Green open access

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Abstract

The current techniques in minimal invasive surgery allow to treat fetal disorders. In fetal interventions very precise instrument manipulation is required from the surgeon. For instance in the treatment of the twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) it is crucial that the surgeon maintains a specific distance between the tip of the employed instrument and the placenta, while lasering target sites on the placenta. To facilitate this procedure, we suggest a new approach where the surgeon comanipulates the instruments together with a robotic stabilizer arm. The stabilizer arm provides haptic guidance to the surgeon, augmenting the surgeon's dexterity and precision. The first results show that this approach is promising.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Haptic Guidance in Comanipulated Laser Surgery for Fetal Disorders
Event: ACTUATOR 2016
Location: Bremen, Germany
Dates: 13 June 2016 - 16 June 2016
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.actuator.de/programme/2016-06-13/B2/13...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: comanipulation, haptic guidance, fetal surgery, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477526
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