A Suction-Based Peripheral Nerve Gripper Capable of Controlling the Suction Force

• Published in: IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 1867 - 1876
• Main Authors: Jang, Namseon, Lee, Min Woo, Hwang, Donghyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.08.2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Atmospheric pressure; Force; Force measurement; Force sensors; Grippers; Nerve tissues; Parametric analysis; Peripheral nerve gripper; peripheral nerve microsurgery; Pressure sensors; Robots; Suction; suction gripper; Surgery; surgical robot end-effectors

Measuring and controlling the force required to grip a nerve is required to avoid any undesired neurological damage caused by an excessive suction force applied to the tissue. We aimed to develop a suction-based nerve gripper that can measure the suction force applied to the gripped peripheral nerve...