Needle path planning in semiautonomous and teleoperated robot-assisted epidural anaesthesia procedure: A proof of concept.
Journal:
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
PMID:
35699156
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Epidural anaesthesia is a Percutaneous Procedure (PP) which plays a crucial role in surgical procedures, where accurate needle insertion is still challenging. The objective of this work is to present a Tuohy needle path planning, which allows an anaesthesiologist to drive semiautonomously, with the assistance of a teleoperated robot, the tip of the needle during this PP.