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- Titre Optical Force Transducer
- Description Nowadays a trend in surgery is to operate in a minimally invasive way inside the patient in order to reduce trauma and potential complications. In this field, the manipulation of any medical tool is subject to parasitic forces, such as friction or forces induced by the change of curvature, implying the force felt by the scientist is not the force exerted by the tool inside the patient body. sensendo Therefore, there is a need of a force measurement and force feedback system. This can be applied in diagnostic and in therapeutic applications.
The present invention is relative to a force transducer comprising strain sensing optical fibres able to mesure the interaction force between the surgical tool and the tissue and to a force feedback system that can recreated the interaction force between the tools and the tissue.
- Bénéfices - Highly sensitive in a number of predetermined degrees of freedom
- Non electrical signal
- Can be adapted to a wide range of configurations and applications
Potential applications in the following fields:
Urology
Cardiology
Pneumology
Radiology
Ophtalmology
- Nouveauté
- Mots clés Medical device, Force sensing, Force feedback, Minimally invasive
- Secteurs Health
