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6 March 2014Robotic consolle for ocular surgery: a preliminary study
Minimally invasive surgery has recently been improved by the use of robot-assisted procedures in several medical fields.
Among the ocular surgeries there are a few examples of sophisticated vitreoretinal procedures, while robotic-assisted
surgery of the anterior eye segment is still under study. In this paper we propose a new approach to the robotic assisted
ocular surgery: a CO2 laser system is equipped with a micromanipulator and scanner, and it is proposed to induce
photothermal effects for the removal of neoformations. A sensorized tool is connected to the patient eye and to the
robotic arm. This tool is equipped with force and position sensors: by the use of the spatial information from the robotic
console and from the patient it is possible to control the position of the target itself and to block it in the correct position
for performing surgery. The system is provided by a feedback alarm that remove the block of the patient head in any
moment. The optimized robotic consolle can be used in performing scleral cuts and in the treatment of pterigium or
neoformations.