Development of inexpensive endoscopic system to familiarize endoscopically-assisted oral surgery

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22791998
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Surgical dentistry
Research Institution	Yokohama City University
Principal Investigator	IWAI Toshinori 横浜市立大学, 附属病院, 助教 (00468191)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords	内視鏡 / 低侵襲 / 口腔外科 / 口腔外科手術
Research Abstract	To familiarize endoscopically-assisted oral and maxillofacial surgery, we developed the prototype of portable endoscopic system connected to laptop computer byuniversal serial bus(USB) cable. As an endoscope for oral and maxillofacial surgery, we developed 0.9 mm diameter, 0°endoscope. More improvement of this endoscopic system enables clinical application. The images are as same as commercial sialendoscope(0.9 mm diameter, 0°endoscope ; Karl Storz, Germany). Further study is necessary to develop endoscopes for several oral surgeries.