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Sewing requires minute shifts of micro-forceps with the fingertips.
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For the assessment of micro-forceps peeling function the tough inner membrane was incised prior to grasping.
Attempts to improve the micro-forceps have included but not been limited to, built-in fiberscope and end-effectors to assist in retinal surgery tasks [ 2]; miniaturization and use of exchangeable micro-forceps as a part of micromanipulation system to assist in minimally invasive surgery [ 3]; MEMS technology has also been applied to the development of micro-forceps for intraocular surgery [ 4].
The regime of the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) feedback control is similar to that reported in our previous SMART system and includes: 1. surface detection of the target sample using an OCT signal; 2. activation of tremor compensation; 3. action of micro-forceps grasping function.
A fiber-optic CP-OCT distance and motion sensor is integrated into the shaft of a micro-forceps.
In this work we extend the SMART platform to the more complicated functions of the micro-forceps.
We studied the grasping ability of the micro-forceps to maintain constant offset distances during handheld use in dry phantoms.
The basic grasping and peeling functions of the micro-forceps are evaluated in dry phantoms and in a biological tissue model.
The intrinsic grasp error of the micro-forceps without any tremor was measured with tremor compensation on after firmly attaching it to a rigid body (tool position fixed).
The comparative data clearly demonstrates a large difference in tool tip stability both when maintaining the offset position and during the grasping motion of the micro-forceps.
The significantly enhanced performance of the SMART micro-forceps is presented.
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