Flexible Needle Bending Model for Spinal Injection Procedures

Overview

Journal IEEE Robot Autom Lett

Date 2023 Aug 28

PMID 37637101

Authors

Yanzhou Wang

Ka-Wai Kwok

Kevin Cleary

Russell H Taylor

Iulian Iordachita

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Abstract

An needle manipulation technique used by physicians when performing spinal injections is modeled to study its effect on needle shape and needle tip position. A mechanics-based model is proposed and solved using finite element method. A test setup is presented to mimic the needle manipulation motion. Tissue phantoms made from plastisol as well as porcine skeletal muscle samples are used to evaluate the model accuracy against medical images. The effect of different compression models as well as model parameters on model accuracy is studied, and the effect of needle-tissue interaction on the needle remote center of motion is examined. With the correct combination of compression model and model parameters, the model simulation is able to predict needle tip position within submillimeter accuracy.

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