UNIVERSAL FIBER-OPTICAL REALSHAPE INSERT

A universal FORS insert (20-22) for a plurality of different surgical instruments with each surgical instrument (50) including a lumen (51). Universal FORS insert (20-22) employs a FORS sensor (30) for generating sensing data indicative of a reconstructed shape of a tracking segment (30T) of FORS se...

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Hauptverfasser: NOONAN, David Paul, FLEXMAN, Molly Lara, DIJKKAMP, Dirk
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A universal FORS insert (20-22) for a plurality of different surgical instruments with each surgical instrument (50) including a lumen (51). Universal FORS insert (20-22) employs a FORS sensor (30) for generating sensing data indicative of a reconstructed shape of a tracking segment (30T) of FORS sensor (30). Universal FORS insert (20-22) further employs a protective sleeve (40) permanent encircling a portion or an entirety of tracking segment (30T) for inserting tracking segment (30T) into and retracting FORS insert (20-22) from within the lumen (51) of each surgical instrument (50). The plurality of surgical instruments may be a same version or different versions of a same instrument type of surgical instrument (e.g., same sized k-wires and/or different sized k-wires), or different instrument types of surgical instruments (e.g., a j-needle and an awl).