Alex J Chiluisa, Nicholas E Pacheco, Hoang S Do, Ryan M Tougas, Emily V Minch, Rositsa Mihaleva, Yao Shen, Yuxiang Liu, Thomas L Carroll, Loris Fichera
This paper reports the design, construction, and experimental validation of a novel hand-held robot for in-office laser surgery of the vocal folds. In-office endoscopic laser surgery is an emerging trend in Laryngology: It promises to deliver the same patient outcomes of traditional surgical treatment (i.e., in the operating room), at a fraction of the cost. Unfortunately, office procedures can be challenging to perform; the optical fibers used for laser delivery can only emit light forward in a line-of-sight fashion, which severely limits anatomical access...
October 2022: Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems