Bio-impedance Sensor Technology for Robot-Assisted Vitreo-retinal Surgery KU Leuven
At present, vitreoretinal surgery is performed purely manually by highly specialized, welltrained surgeons. The surgeons need superior handeye coordination and precise positioning. When applying even small forces tangential to the surface of the eye, e.g. by means of the inserted instruments, the eye rotates and a different part of the eye becomes visible under the microscope. Microsurgeons are trained to pivot the instruments around the ...