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Surgical requirements for the stapedotomy tool: data and safety considerations
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Proceedings of 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Engineering in medicine and biology Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 1:214-215 vol.1 1996
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The stapedotomy procedure involves the formation of a small hole through the compliant stapes footplate in the middle ear. The stapedotomy tool under development brings the benefits of an automated surgical tool to the procedure. It uses a drilling strategy that is able to control the drill penetration through the compliant bone with out prior knowledge of the thickness. Aspects of the tool's design influence the usefulness of the sensory data used to control the drilling process. The method of locating the tool has been seen to have an important effect on the data and to have significant safety implications.