The laparoscopic surgery has gained presence in the operating room in cases where it is feasible to spare patient trauma and minimize the hospital stay. One unique challenge in laparoscopic/endoscopic surgery is operating and removing tissue volume through keyhole - trocar. The removal of tissues by fragmentation is generally termed morcellation. We proposed a new method for soft tissue morcellation using laparoscopy. A unique ultrasonic laparoscopic surgical device, termed Laparosound{trade mark, serif}, utilizing laparoscopic high amplitude ultrasonic waveguides, operating in edge mode, has been developed that uses the principle of ultrasonic cavitation phenomenon for excision and morcellation of a variety of tissue types. The local ultrasonic acoustic intensity at the distal waveguide tip is sufficiently high that the liquefaction of moist tissue occurs. The mechanism of tissue morcellation is deemed to be cavitation based, therefore is dependant on water content in tissue, and thus its effectiveness depends on tissue type. This results in ultrasound being efficient in moist tissue and sparing dry, collagen rich blood vessels and thus minimizes bleeding. The applications of such device in particular, commonly encountered, could lay in general and ob/gyn laparoscopic surgery, whereas other applications could emerge. The design of power ultrasonic instruments for mass clinical applications poses however unique challenges, such as ability to design and build ultrasonic resonators that last in conditions of ultrasonic fatigue. These highly non-linear devices, whose behavior is hard to predict, have become the challenge of the author of the present paper. The object of work is to design and build an operating device capable of ultrasonic soft tissue morcellation in laparoscopic surgery. This includes heavy computational ultrasonics verified by testing and manufacturing feasibility using titanium biomedical alloys. The prototype Laparosound{trade mark, serif} device has been built and tested. Some of the challenges in design and development of Laparosound{trade mark, serif} ultrasonic laparoscopic morcellator have been presented.
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24 May 2012
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ULTRASONICS: Gdańsk 2011
5–8 September 2011
Gdańsk, Poland
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May 24 2012
The Laparosound{trade mark, serif}-an ultrasonic morcellator for use in laparoscopic surgery
Igor Malinowski;
Igor Malinowski
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Mechatronics, Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering ul. Św. Andrzeja Boboli 8, 02-525 Warszawa,
Poland
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Suave S. Łobodzinski;
Suave S. Łobodzinski
California State University Long Beach, Department Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Long Beach California,
USA
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Roman Paśniczek
Roman Paśniczek
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Mechatronics, Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering ul. Św. Andrzeja Boboli 8, 02-525 Warszawa,
Poland
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Igor Malinowski
Suave S. Łobodzinski
Roman Paśniczek
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Mechatronics, Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering ul. Św. Andrzeja Boboli 8, 02-525 Warszawa,
Poland
AIP Conf. Proc. 1433, 215–218 (2012)
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Igor Malinowski, Suave S. Łobodzinski, Roman Paśniczek; The Laparosound{trade mark, serif}-an ultrasonic morcellator for use in laparoscopic surgery. AIP Conf. Proc. 24 May 2012; 1433 (1): 215–218. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703174
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