University of Siegen, Institute of Control Engineering

Major projects and activities in Biomedical Robotics

Project Name and Acronym

modiCAS – modular interactive Computer Assisted Surgery

Duration

Sep. 2000 – Aug. 2003

Web site

http://www.zess.uni-siegen.de/pb4 (currently available only in German)

Sponsoring promoter

Federal Ministry of Economics and Technologies  

Funding programme

InnoNet (Sponsorship of innovative networks)

Keywords

Surgical Robots, Navigation

Co-ordinating group

University of Siegen, Institute of Control Engineering

Partners (group name, category*)

Orthopaedic University Clinic, Frankfurt, Germany

five industrial partners

Objectives

Development of a modular robotic surgery system to support preoperative planning and intraoperative execution in orthopaedic surgery

Relevant activities

User-oriented design of the complete system.

Design and development of a novel software for planning of various orthopaedic interventions.

Design and development of a novel navigation system for the intraoperative visualisation of surgical instruments and robot control using a commercial 3D digitising system.

Design and development of a new manipulator optimised to support orthopaedic interventions.  

Design and development of a novel mechatronical tool system for various orthopaedic operations.

Development of an integrated HMI.

Achieved biomedical robotic prototypes/ products

under development

User/clinical trials

objectives

Validation of the tool system prototype

robotic systems

 

methodologies

laboratory tests, using bone specimen

Cadaver trials (in preparation)

involved users (number and category)

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main results

 

clinical partners

Orthopaedic University Clinic, Frankfurt, Germany

other relevant information

 

Summary of products, systems, prototypes

Name

Short description°

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of current partners (technological, clinical, user)

Group name

Category*

Contacts

Orthopaedic University Clinic, Frankfurt, Germany

clinical

 

Five industrial partners

technological

 

 

 

 

Available laboratories/equipment

Electronic laboratory

...

Mechanical laboratory

ADAMS 10.1, ...

Software laboratory

C++ based development tools, ...

Robotic equipment

ABB IRB 1400

ABB IRB 2400

...

Other

Flashpoint digitizing system

...

Related publications

·       Wahrburg, J.; Kerschbaumer, F.: "Using Robots to Increase the Accuracy of Surgical Interventions", 24th Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON '98), Aachen, Germany, 31 Aug - 4 Sept 1998, Proceedings pp. 2512-2516

 

·       Wahrburg, J.; Kerschbaumer, F.: "Efficient Integration of a 3D Digitizing System and a Surgical Robot", 5th International Symposium on Computer Assisted Surgery (CAOS 2000), Davos, Switzerland, 17-19 Feb 2000, p. 69

 

·       Wahrburg, J.; Kerschbaumer, F.: "Design of a robotic system to support the acetabular cup implantation in total hip replacement procedures", in: Lemke, H.U. et. al. (Hrsg.), CARS 2000 - Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Proceedings of the 14th International Congress, San Francisco, 28 June - 1 July 2000, Elsevier, Amsterdam 2000, pp. 220-225



* Among: technological developers, technological researchers, clinical researcher, service providers, users

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