Needle-Tissue Interaction Forces for Bevel-Tip Steerable Needles
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2008
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOROB.2008.4762872
Abstract
The asymmetry of a bevel-tip needle results in the needle naturally bending when it is inserted into soft tissue. As a first step toward modeling the mechanics of deflection of the needle, we determine the forces at the bevel tip. In order to find the forces acting at the needle tip, we measure rupture toughness and nonlinear material elasticity parameters of several soft tissue simulant gels and chicken tissue. We incorporate these physical parameters into a finite element model that includes both contact and cohesive zone models to simulate tissue cleavage. We investigate the sensitivity of the tip forces to tissue rupture toughness, linear and nonlinear tissue elasticity, and needle tip bevel angle. The model shows that the tip forces are sensitive to the rupture toughness. The results from these studies contribute to a mechanics-based model of bevel-tip needle steering, extending previous work on kinematic models.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
2008 2nd IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, p. 224-231
Scholar Commons Citation
Misra, Sarthak; Reed, Kyle B.; Douglas, Andrew S.; Ramesh, K. T.; and Okamura, Allison M., "Needle-Tissue Interaction Forces for Bevel-Tip Steerable Needles" (2008). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications. 119.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/egr_facpub/119
