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Toward Improving Patient Safety and Surgeon Comfort in a Synergic Robot-Assisted Eye Surgery: A Comparative Study.
Article in Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Robotic Assistance for Intraocular Microsurgery: Challenges and Perspectives.Proceedings of the IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 2022Article
- Adaptive Control Improves Sclera Force Safety in Robot-Assisted Eye Surgery: A Clinical Study.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2021Article
- Automatic Light Pipe Actuating System for Bimanual Robot-Assisted Retinal Surgery.IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics : a joint publication of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division · 2020Article
- Force-based Safe Vein Cannulation in Robot-assisted Retinal Surgery: A Preliminary Study.... International Symposium on Medical Robotics. International Symposium on Medical Robotics · 2020Article
- FBG-based Kalman Filtering and Control of Tool Insertion Depth For Safe Robot-assisted Vitrectomy.... International Symposium on Medical Robotics. International Symposium on Medical Robotics · 2020Article
- Auditory Feedback Effectiveness for Enabling Safe Sclera Force in Robot-Assisted Vitreoretinal Surgery: a Multi-User Study.Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems · 2020Article
- Towards Bimanual Vein Cannulation: Preliminary Study of a Bimanual Robotic System With a Dual Force Constraint Controller.IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and AutomationArticle
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Abstract
When robotic assistance is present into vitreoretinal surgery, the surgeon will experience reduced sensory input that is otherwise derived from the tool's interaction with the eye wall (sclera). We speculate that disconnecting the surgeon from this sensory input may increase the risk of injury to the eye and affect the surgeon's usual technique. On the other hand, robot autonomous motion to enhance patient safety might inhibit the surgeons tool manipulation and diminish surgeon comfort with the procedure. In this study, to investigate the parameters of patient safety and surgeon comfort in a robot-assisted eye surgery, we implemented three different approaches designed to keep the scleral force in a safe range during a synergic eye manipulation task. To assess the surgeon comfort during these procedures, the amount of interference with the surgeons usual maneuvers has been analyzed by defining quantitative comfort metrics. The first two utilized scleral force control approaches are based on an adaptive force control method in which the robot actively counteracts any excessive force on the sclera. The third control method is based on a virtual fixture approach in which a virtual wall is created for the surgeon in the unsafe directions of manipulation. The performance of the utilized approaches was evaluated in user studies with two experienced retinal surgeons and the outcomes of the procedure were assessed using the defined safety and comfort metrics. Results of these analyses indicate the significance of the opted control paradigm on the outcome of a safe and comfortable robot-assisted eye surgery.
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