Russell H. Taylor,Iulian Iordachita,Jin U. Kang,Xuan Liu
申请号:
US13810183
公开号:
US20130190734A1
申请日:
2011.07.20
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
A surgical tool system according to an embodiment of the current invention includes a surgical tool, and an interferometry system optically coupled to the surgical tool. The surgical tool includes a body section, a sensor section at least one of attached to or integral with the body section, and a surgical section at least one of attached to or integral with the sensor section at an opposing end of the sensor section from the body section. The sensor section comprises an interferometric optical sensor defining a reference distance that changes in response to at least one of a force or a torque when applied to the surgical section of the surgical tool.