Robot-assisted surgery is of growing interest in the surgical and engineering communities.
The use of robots allows surgery to be performed with precision using smaller instruments …

A medical tool is a general instrument intended for use in the prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of diseases in humans or other animals. Nowadays, sensors are widely employed …

This paper presents the development of a novel and high-precision Fiber Bragg Grating
(FBG)-based sensor for the measurement of insertion forces during the needle puncture …

During the training of medical operators, forming muscle memory through repetitions is a
routine path. Needle insertion is a fundamental skill for all medical staff. However, such …

Background: Percutaneous needle access is a critical step of performing percutaneous
nephrolithotomy. Development of a synthetic model that accurately represents the forces …

This is an informed assessment of the state of the art and an extensive inventory of modeling
approaches and methods for soft tissue/medical cutting tool interaction and of the associated …

The development of needle insertion robots and training simulators requires knowledge of
the forces that arise when a needle is inserted into soft-tissue. The present study aims to …

Percutaneous surgery is a typical minimally invasive surgery. Featuring minimization in
trauma and infection rate as well as rapid recovery time to patients, percutaneous therapy …

Blood vessels anastomosis is one of the most challenging and delicate tasks to learn in
many surgical specialties, especially for vascular and abdominal surgeons. Such a critical …

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is one of the most effective and invasive surgeries in renal
calculi therapies. Traditional puncture training simulation is conducted by animals' organs or …