%0 Journal Article %1 valdastri2006integration %A Valdastri, Pietro %A Harada, Kanako %A Menciassi, Arianna %A Beccai, Lucia %A Stefanini, Cesare %A Fujie, Masakatsu %A Dario, Paolo %D 2006 %J IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering %K "Smart" force invasive sensor surgery,Minimal surgery,Triaxial surgical tool,Fetal %N 11 %P 2397--2400 %R 10.1109/TBME.2006.883618 %T Integration of a miniaturised triaxial force sensor in a minimally invasive surgical tool %V 53 %X This paper reports preliminary results on design and fabrication of a cutting tool with an integrated triaxial force sensor to be applied in fetal surgery procedures. The outer diameter of the proposed device is 7.4 mm, but a scaled down design can be easily achieved. Linearity and hysteresis tests have been performed for both normal and tangential loadings. A linear transformation relating the sensor output to the external applied force is introduced and discussed. The typical working range for the conceived instrument is around 0.3 N, while 20 N and 1 N are, respectively, maximum normal and tangential forces for which the device robustness has been assessed. © 2006 IEEE.

@article{valdastri2006integration, abstract = {This paper reports preliminary results on design and fabrication of a cutting tool with an integrated triaxial force sensor to be applied in fetal surgery procedures. The outer diameter of the proposed device is 7.4 mm, but a scaled down design can be easily achieved. Linearity and hysteresis tests have been performed for both normal and tangential loadings. A linear transformation relating the sensor output to the external applied force is introduced and discussed. The typical working range for the conceived instrument is around 0.3 N, while 20 N and 1 N are, respectively, maximum normal and tangential forces for which the device robustness has been assessed. {\textcopyright} 2006 IEEE.}, added-at = {2023-05-10T16:23:27.000+0200}, author = {Valdastri, Pietro and Harada, Kanako and Menciassi, Arianna and Beccai, Lucia and Stefanini, Cesare and Fujie, Masakatsu and Dario, Paolo}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2be1c4f6157ff4952a794996fef04418f/sassw}, doi = {10.1109/TBME.2006.883618}, interhash = {6dde5dc0ce08d0372e664c86f10feb8d}, intrahash = {be1c4f6157ff4952a794996fef04418f}, issn = {00189294}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering}, keywords = {"Smart" force invasive sensor surgery,Minimal surgery,Triaxial surgical tool,Fetal}, number = 11, pages = {2397--2400}, pmid = {17073346}, timestamp = {2023-05-10T16:23:27.000+0200}, title = {{Integration of a miniaturised triaxial force sensor in a minimally invasive surgical tool}}, volume = 53, year = 2006 }