Usability-oriented system development of a surgical navigation for aortic vascular surgery

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350562
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical engineering assessment
• Research Institution: National Institute of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Uematsu Miyuki 国立医薬品食品衛生研究所, 医療機器部, 主任研究官 (10424813)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 手術支援システム / 手術ナビゲーション / 大血管外科 / 胸腹部大動脈瘤 / 人工血管置換術 / ユーザビリティ評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have been developing a surgical navigation system to support a surgeon to identify the anatomical orientation. Its first prototype was designed in 2004 and clinically tested in 2006. During this decade, we have utilized it in one hundred clinical cases. Learned through trial and error, it was found that this system needed to improve the usability and the reliability in registration process to show valuable information for surgery. Our improved system was approved to use for clinical trials from Hospital Ethics Committee of Tokyo Women’s Medical University (160402). From June 2016 to January 2017, it was utilized for six cases. The new system worked suitably compared with the former one. Target arteries were determined smoothly in all cases. We hope that widespread use of the system would be promoted.

Free Research Field

手術支援工学