Title
Optimizing controlled laser cutting of hard tissue (bone).
Abstract
Conventional bone surgery leads to unwanted damage to the surrounding tissues and a slow healing process for the patients. Additionally, physicians are not able to perform free cutting shapes due to the limitations of available systems. These issues can be overcome by robot-assisted contactless laser surgery since it provides less mechanical stress, allows precise functional cuts, and leads to faster healing. The remaining drawback of laser surgery is the low ablation rate that is not yet competitive with conventional mechanical piezo-osteotomes. Therefore, we aim at maximizing the efficiency in hard tissue laser ablation by optimizing the lateral movement speed for different irrigation conditions. The results of this study show a non-linear relationship between cutting rates, speeds, and depths that should be critically considered for integration in robotic laser surgery.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1515/auto-2018-0072
AT-AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNIK
Keywords
Field
DocType
laser osteotomy,cutting bone,automation,laser,irrigation,cutting velocity
Mechanical engineering,Laser cutting,Hard tissue,Control engineering,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
66
SP12
0178-2312
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
8