Towards Autonomous Control of Magnetic Suture Needles
Matthew Fan,Xiaolong Liu,Kamakshi Jain,Daniel Lerner,Lamar O. Mair,Irving N. Weinberg,Yancy Diaz-Mercado,Axel Krieger,Matthew Fan,Xiaolong Liu,Kamakshi Jain,Daniel Lerner,Lamar O. Mair,Irving N. Weinberg,Yancy Diaz-Mercado,Axel Krieger
This paper proposes a magnetic needle steering controller to manipulate mesoscale magnetic suture needles for executing planned suturing motion. This is an initial step towards our research objective: enabling autonomous control of magnetic suture needles for suturing tasks in minimally invasive surgery. To demonstrate the feasibility of accurate motion control, we employ a cardinally-arranged fou...
