Mouth operated neurosurgical robot

Thomas Sugar; Paul Fussell

Mouth operated neurosurgical robot

Thomas Sugar, Paul Fussell

IAFSE-SEMTE: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

Medical robots in neurosurgery are currently used to accurately position a microscope in consonance with MRI images to allow positional awareness relative to important features of surgical focus. Currently, these robots must be "hand" adjusted by the surgeon, unlike the mouth- operated, counterbalanced linkages that are adjusted using a mouth interface. A human interface to the robot will allow smooth operation as well as new programmable motions not obtainable with the non-actuated microscope stands. A robotically guided microscope will be able to move in a spherical motion allowing for quicker and easier focus about a point of interest. Future work in robotic augmentation must certainly allow tools to be manipulated. As a first step, we mount a biopsy holder on a parallel robot and discuss the compliance issues of the entire system.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Pages	1113-1118
Number of pages	6
Volume	2
State	Published - 2001
Event	2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - Pittsburgh, PA, United States Duration: Sep 9 2001 → Sep 12 2001

Other

Other	2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Country	United States
City	Pittsburgh, PA
Period	9/9/01 → 9/12/01

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Engineering(all)

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Sugar, T., & Fussell, P. (2001). Mouth operated neurosurgical robot. In Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference (Vol. 2, pp. 1113-1118)

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