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Prototyping Novel Instruments for Fetal Surgery through Virtual Reality Simulation and 3D Printing
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Gruijthuijsen, Caspar Rosa, Benoît Snyers, Hélène Engels, Alexander Vercauteren, Tom Deprest, Jan Ourselin, Sébastien Reynaerts, Dominiek Poorten, Emmanuel B. Vander |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Designing novel medical devices is a complex matter. Involving clinicians as early as possible into the development process is of crucial importance; it helps to shorten the development cycle and increases the likelihood of later acceptance by clinicians. In this paper we show how through a combination of 3D printing and Virtual Reality simulation it is possible to involve clinicians in a very early stage, yet receive concrete quantitative and qualitative information that can shift the design to a more appropriate line of thought. Treatment of the Twin-toTwin Transfusion Syndrome serves as a case study for this work. At present rigid endoscopes are used to direct a laser to treat the twin’s placenta. We study here whether flexible endoscopes would be more appropriate. More in particular, we investigate whether one or two distal bending degrees of freedom would be advantageous and how they are to be handled by the surgeon. Preliminary experiments show a preference for a single distal bending degree of freedom, but without conclusive statistical evidence. From the results guidelines for future experiments have been derived. |
| Starting Page | 98 |
| Ending Page | 101 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/34640854.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
