Suturing in laparoscopic surgery is a challenging and time-consuming task that presents haptic, motor and spatial constraints for the surgeon. As a result, there is variability in surgical outcome when performing basic suturing tasks such as knot tying, stitching and tissue dissection (as large as 50\%).
This goal of this thesis is to develop a standardized, proof-of-concept, automated robotic suturing system that performs a side-to-side anastomosis with image guidance and dynamic trajectory control. A passive alignment tool is created for rigidly constraining needle pose, and robust computer vision algorithms are used to track surface features and the suture needle. A robotic system integrates these components to autonomously pass a curved suture needle through sequential loops in a tissue pad phantom.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/42394 |
| Date | 15 November 2013 |
| Creators | Iyer, Santosh |
| Contributors | Drake, James |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Video |
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