Surgical Instrument Maintenance Solutions

Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2022-2023

Overview

Development of a novel approach for surgical instrument lubrication and instrument internal cable tension recovery, extending the usable lifetime of expensive surgical instruments.

Description
Instrument Lubrication

Technical Details

  • Developed lubrication protocols for instrument mechanisms
  • Created cable tension recovery procedures
  • Improved the instrument gripper control performance

Impact

These maintenance approaches can help research labs maintain their surgical instruments at lower cost while ensuring consistent performance for experiments.

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