Controlling the penetration of flexible bone tissue using the stapedotomy microdrill

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 343-351

  Brett, P N ^a   Baker, D A ^b   Taylor, R ^a   Griffiths, M V ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b St Michael's Hospital ^*

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drill breakthrough; Microdrilling; Robotic surgery; Stapes; Tissue interface

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMATION; BONE; DRILLING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; TISSUE;

ANGULAR DIMENSIONS; MICRODRILLING; ROBOTIC SURGERY; TISSUE INTERFACES;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4043069303     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0959651041568579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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