access icon openaccess Robotic spinal surgery system with force feedback for teleoperated drilling

Drilling into the vertebra is a critical task in spinal surgeries. Traditionally, it is relied upon surgeon's intuition and experience. Robotic-assisted spinal surgery with fore feedback allows the drilling process to be performed automatically with much higher precision and safety. In this study, a new teleoperated robotic spinal surgery system with a frontend surgical instrument is designed, which is equipped with a force detection and feedback system. The proposed robotic system is manufactured and evaluated via laboratory and in vivo tests. Results prove the effectiveness of the system in precise teleoperation drilling, real-time force feedback, and achieving less surgical radiation exposure.

Inspec keywords: medical robotics; telerobotics; feedback; force feedback; surgery; drilling; dexterous manipulators

Other keywords: feedback system; higher precision; fore feedback; robotic-assisted spinal surgery; drilling process; frontend surgical instrument; real-time force feedback; precise teleoperation drilling; teleoperated drilling; critical task; force detection; teleoperated robotic spinal surgery system; spinal surgeries; surgeon; safety; robotic system

Subjects: Telerobotics; Patient care and treatment; Biological and medical control systems; Patient care and treatment; Control engineering computing; Manipulators; Spatial variables control; Computer vision and image processing techniques; Biology and medical computing

http://iet.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2018.9407
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