Force-torque measurement system For fracture surgery

Dagnino, Giulio; Georgilas, Ioannis; Tarassoli, Payam; Atkins, Roger; Dogramadzi, Sanja

Abstract

Many surgical procedures are now performed using the techniques of minimally invasive surgery (MIS), in which the surgeon manipulates instruments inserted into the patients through small incisions. In MIS, the surgeon has no direct contact with internal body parts. Applying an optimal force and torque via the instruments is necessary to conduct an operation without causing any damage to the internal tissue. Most studies have so far been reported for general MIS where force-feedback is added to laparoscopic instruments using various sensing technologies (Menciassi 2001), (Song 2011). This paper reports our work on minimally invasive fracture surgery, where the issue of force feedback is as important and relates to the manual manipulation of externally fixated pins inserted in the fracture fragments to reduce the displacements.

Citation

Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015, June). Force-torque measurement system For fracture surgery. Paper presented at Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) 2015

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) 2015
• Start Date: Jun 17, 2015
• End Date: Jun 20, 2015
• Acceptance Date: Jun 1, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: force-torque, fracture surgery
• Publisher URL: http://www.caos-international.org/2015/proceedings.html
• Related Public URLs: http://www.caos-international.org/2015/papers/CAOS%202015%20-%20Paper%20%20(88).pdf
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Proceedings of 2015 CAOS Meeting