In this contribution a selection of instruments has been taken from Section “ (,“ which comprises instruments for operations on the genito-urinary system in the male. This section is the largest in the whole collection of surgical instruments and contains nearis’ 400 exhibits. There are numerous examples of catheters, staffs, gorgets, lithotomy forceps, lithotrites and other instruments emj)loy...

BACKGROUND As a crucial part of an image-guided oral implantology system (IGOIS), intra-operative motion tracking is important in terms of accuracy and efficiency. The tracking method, including the relevant algorithms, is described in detail. METHODS The conventional CAD method is proposed to build the three-dimensional (3D) surgical instrument models. With the application of the optical tra...

Fleet Marine Force corpsmen are the first medical responders to treat casualties in the field. They carry an outdated bag of supplies called the surgical instrument and supply set. The purpose of this investigation is to develop an updated supply set for field corpsmen by linking each supply item to specific medical tasks conducted in the field, which then creates an audit trail. The review of ...

Optical tracking systems are widely adopted in surgical navigation. An optical tracking system is designed based on the principle of stereo vision with high-precision and low cost. This system uses optical infrared LEDs that are installed on the surgical instrument as markers and a near-infrared filter is added in front of the Bumblebee2 stereo camera lens to eliminate the interference of ambie...