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Combined Force and Distance Sensing for Robot-Assisted Vitreo-Retinal Surgery

J. M. M. Smits, Mouloud Ourak, Andy Gijbels, Gianni Borghesan, Laure Esteveny, Laurent Schoevaerdts, Koen Willekens, Peter Stalmans, Eva Lankenau, Hinnerk Schulz‐Hildebrandt, Gereon Hüttmann, Dominiek Reynaerts, Emmanuel Vander Poorten

Year
2017
Citations
2

Abstract

This abstract reports on a first proof of concept of a combined force and distance sensing microneedle for vitreo-retinal surgery. An OCT A-scan probe was aligned and mechanically fixed to a previously developed force sensing cannulation microneedle. This combination of sensors was used together with a previously developed robotic surgical assistive system to perform a series of retinal vein cannulations on ex-vivo enucleated porcine eyes.

Keywords

RetinalRobotComputer scienceArtificial intelligenceComputer visionBiomedical engineeringMaterials scienceMedicineOphthalmology

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