Fiber-optic OCT sensor guided "SMART" micro-forceps for microsurgery

Cheol Song, Dong Yong Park, Peter L. Gehlbach, Seong Jin Park, Jin U. Kang

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Abstract

A handheld Smart Micromanipulation Aided Robotic-surgery Tool (SMART) micro-forceps guided by a fiber-optic common-path optical coherence tomography (CP-OCT) sensor is presented. A fiber-optic CPOCT distance and motion sensor is integrated into the shaft of a microforceps. The tool tip position is manipulated longitudinally through a closed loop control using a piezoelectric motor. This novel forceps design could significantly enhance safety, efficiency and surgical outcomes. The basic grasping and peeling functions of the micro-forceps are evaluated in dry phantoms and in a biological tissue model. As compared to freehand use, targeted grasping and peeling performance assisted by active tremor compensation, significantly improves micro-forceps user performance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1045-1050
Number of pages6
JournalBiomedical Optics Express
Volume4
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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