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A Compact Laser-Steering End-Effector for Transoral Robotic Surgery

Bothner, Simon A.  
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York, Peter A.
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Song, Phillip C.
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January 1, 2019
2019 Ieee/Rsj International Conference On Intelligent Robots And Systems (Iros)
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Laryngeal cancer treatments, while curative, often lead to voice impairment. Minimally invasive surgical methods that facilitate greater preservation of healthy tissue have recently emerged, but they are still limited in important ways. In this work, we describe a device that combines the advantages of the two primary minimally invasive approaches: the high quality incision and reduced post-operative pain achievable with transoral laser microsurgery and the superior visualization and tissue manipulability afforded by transoral robotic surgery. Our 11mm diameter scanning system connects to focusing optics and a fiber optic laser source and can direct a laser beam across a 18 x 10mm plane with controllable trajectories at speeds up to 7m/s. We describe its design and benchtop validation and present avenues for further development within a clinical environment. While oncological treatment is a natural first application area for this technology, we anticipate that it may also yield important benefits for the minimally invasive treatment of benign laryngeal diseases.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968255
Web of Science ID

WOS:000544658405100

Author(s)
Bothner, Simon A.  
York, Peter A.
Song, Phillip C.
Wood, Robert J.
Date Issued

2019-01-01

Publisher

IEEE

Publisher place

New York

Published in
2019 Ieee/Rsj International Conference On Intelligent Robots And Systems (Iros)
ISBN of the book

978-1-7281-4004-9

Series title/Series vol.

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Start page

7091

End page

7096

Subjects

Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

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Computer Science, Information Systems

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Computer Science, Theory & Methods

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Robotics

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Computer Science

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neck-cancer

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head

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design

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larynx

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IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Macau, PEOPLES R CHINA

Nov 04-08, 2019

Available on Infoscience
August 15, 2020
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/170874
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