Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Miniature Flexible Instrument with Fibre Bragg Grating-Based Triaxial Force Sensing for Intraoperative Gastric Endomicroscopy

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Abstract

Optical biopsy methods, such as probe-based endomicroscopy, can be used to identify early-stage gastric cancer in vivo. However, it is difficult to scan a large area of the gastric mucosa for mosaicking during endoscopy. In this work, we propose a miniaturised flexible instrument based on contact-aided compliant mechanisms and fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensing for intraoperative gastric endomicroscopy. The instrument has a compact design with an outer diameter of 2.7 mm, incorporating a central channel with a diameter of 1.9 mm for the endomicroscopic probe to pass through. Experimental results show that the instrument can achieve raster trajectory scanning over a large tissue surface with a positioning accuracy of 0.5 mm. The tip force sensor provides a 4.6 mN resolution for the axial force and 2.8 mN for transverse forces. Validation with random samples shows that the force sensor can provide consistent and accurate three-axis force detection. Endomicr oscopic imaging experiments were conducted, and the flexible instrument performed no gap scanning (mosaicking area more than 3 mm2) and contact force monitoring during scanning, demonstrating the potential of the system in clinical applications.

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