Development of a microsurgery training system.

Wang F; Su E; Burdet E; Bleuler H

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649566

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Development of a microsurgery training system.

Wang F Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Switzerland. fei.wang@epfl.ch
Su E
Burdet E
Bleuler H

2009-01-24

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Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference. - 2008

English Surgeons require significant training to acquire sufficient dexterity and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects skillfully under the microscope. This paper presents a computer-based real-time simulation of microsurgery as well as the hardware setup. It presents a realistic physics-based elastic suture and blood vessel model, fast collision detection techniques, suture insertion process and novel approach of a haptic forceps. The simulation environment demonstrates a complete vascular suturing system to train skills such as grasping, suture placement, needle insertion and knot-tying running at 500 Hz, sufficient for physical realism.

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