Development and preliminary results of bimanual smart micro-surgical system using a ball-lens coupled OCT distance sensor

• Published in: Biomedical optics express Vol. 7; no. 11; pp. 4816 - 4826
• Main Authors: Koo, Dongwoo, Park, Hyun-Cheol, Gehlbach, Peter L, Song, Cheol
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Optical Society of America 01.11.2016
• Subjects: (060.2370) Fiber optics sensors; (170.3890) Medical optics instrumentation; (170.4500) Optical coherence tomography; (150.5758) Robotic and machine control

Bimanual surgery enhances surgical effectiveness and is required to successfully accomplish complex microsurgical tasks. The essential advantage is the ability to simultaneously grasp tissue with one hand to provide counter traction or exposure, while dissecting with the other. Towards enhancing the...