Design of an interactive lumbar puncture simulator with tactile feedback

Lumbar puncture for purposes of administering spinal or epidural anesthesia is a complex clinical skill which requires the clinician to precisely correlate a detailed mental map of hidden three-dimensional anatomy with tactile feedback from the spinal needle as it's being inserted. At Dartmouth...

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Published inRobotics and Automation, '94 International Conference pp. 1734 - 1739 vol.2
Main Authors Singh, S.K., Bostrom, M., Popa, D.O., Wiley, C.W.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE Comput. Soc. Press 1994
Subjects
Anatomy
Anesthesia
Biomedical engineering
Collaborative work
Computational modeling
Computer simulation
Educational institutions
Feedback
Medical simulation
Needles
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ISBN9780818653308
0818653302
DOI10.1109/ROBOT.1994.351342

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Summary:Lumbar puncture for purposes of administering spinal or epidural anesthesia is a complex clinical skill which requires the clinician to precisely correlate a detailed mental map of hidden three-dimensional anatomy with tactile feedback from the spinal needle as it's being inserted. At Dartmouth, a collaborative work between the engineering and medical schools is aimed at developing a computer-based simulation utilizing high-resolution 3D graphics and a force-feedback device to simulate the "feel" of inserting the needle. This paper describes the mechanical design, hardware and software issues and some of the technical challenges being addressed in this project.< >
ISBN:9780818653308
0818653302
DOI:10.1109/ROBOT.1994.351342