4 accepted papers
This paper reports the design and evaluation of a novel piezo based actuator for needle drive in autonomous Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (piezo-DALK). The actuator weighs less than 8g and is 20mm x 20mm x 10.5mm in size, making it ideal for eye-mounted applications. Mean open loop positional…
Compared to open surgical techniques, laparoscopic surgical methods aim to reduce the collateral tissue damage and hence decrease the patient recovery time. However, constraints imposed by the laparoscopic surgery, i.e. the operation of surgical tools in limited spaces, turn simple surgical tasks su…
This paper reports the design and evaluation of a novel robotic device for cornea transplant surgery. The device enables the OCT-sensor guided Big Bubble hydro-dissection approach for deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) cornea transplant surgery. DALK is highly challenging because it requires…
Autonomous robotic assisted surgery (RAS) systems aim to reduce human errors and improve patient outcomes leveraging robotic accuracy and repeatability during surgical procedures. However, full automation of RAS in complex surgical environments is still not feasible and collaboration with the surgeo…