Abstract
The measurement of interaction forces in minimally invasive surgical devices, sensorized with photonic crystal fiber (PCF) sensors, is presented in this paper. Two types of PCF sensors are used: a tapered PCF interferometer and a microhole-collapsed PCF interferometer for the detection of interaction forces generated in surgical devices without the influence of ambient temperature variation. The demonstration devices used for force characterization are a laparoscopic scissor and a standard surgical scissor blade. The force sensitivity of each sensorized blade is examined and compared with fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-sensorized blades. Results show that the PCF-sensorized surgical blades outperform the blades fitted with the FBG sensors during static load measurement.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6099602 |
| Pages (from-to) | 332-338 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Dec 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Minimally invasive surgical (MIS) devices
- photonic crystal fiber (PCF) sensor