I-Corps: Cyber Enabling Laparoscopy Devices

腹腔镜手术是一种流行的替代开放手术，由于相当大的减少恢复时间，疼痛和并发症。然而，有限的手术视野、间接视野和最初为开放手术建造的手术室（OR）使外科医生的工作更加困难和低效。拟议工作的目标是提供一个智能OR系统，以提高安全性和手术成功率，同时降低成本。为了实现这一目标，该团队将专注于：智能套管针原型，可自动识别腹腔镜器械，并允许在任何微创手术中准确重建时间线;以及智能套管针，可提供腹腔镜器械尖端的准确3D定位。拟议的技术将提供必要的信息，以改善任何微创手术的管理，降低成本，提高性能。此外，所提出的技术将通过建立一种新的真实的交互式导航辅助（RETINA）来大大推进手术室技术，该技术为提高安全性提供了强大的指导。真实的实时并行计算、鲁棒计算机视觉和有限元模拟是该OR系统的三个主要互补模块。外科培训专家对外科医生智能OR交互的准确评估以及与行业的密切合作将为OR服务的敏捷开发提供指导。

Laparoscopic surgery is a popular alternative to open surgery due to the considerable reduction of recovery time, pain and complications. However, limited access to the operating field, indirect vision, and operating rooms (OR) originally built for open surgery conspire to make the surgeon's work more difficult and inefficient. The goal of the proposed work is to provide a smart OR system to improve safety and procedural success while reducing cost. To achieve this goal, the team will focus on: a smart trocar prototype that automatically recognizes the laparoscopic instruments and allows the accurate reconstruction of the time line in any minimally invasive surgery; and, a smart trocar that provides an accurate 3D localization of the tip of the laparoscopic instruments. The proposed technology will provide essential information to improve the management of any minimally invasive procedure, reduce cost, and improve performance. In addition, the proposed technology will dramatically advance the technology of the OR by setting up a new REal Time Interactive Navigation Assistance (RETINA) for Surgery that provides robust directions to improve safety. Real time parallel computing, robust computer vision and finite element simulation are the main three complementary building blocks of this OR system. Accurate assessment of the surgeon & smart OR interaction by surgical training experts and close collaboration with industry will provide guidance to the agile development of the OR service.