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2014

Evaluation of stability and effect of gripping method on a laser-induced liquid jet hand applicator for usability improvement

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • Takashi Kato
  • ,
  • Tatsuhiko Arafune
  • ,
  • Toshikatsu Washio
  • ,
  • Yasushi Yamauchi
  • ,
  • Atsuhiro Nakagawa
  • ,
  • Yoshikazu Ogawa
  • ,
  • Teiji Tominaga
  • ,
  • Ichiro Sakuma
  • ,
  • Etsuko Kobayashi

Volume
2014-
Number
1
First page
1786
Last page
1789
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (international conference proceedings)
DOI
10.1177/1541931214581372
Publisher
Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc.

We developed a pulsed laser-induced liquid jet (LILJ) system to dissect tumor tissues while preserving fine blood vessels within deep and narrow working spaces and evaluated its utility and safety. However, the hand applicator of LILJ is heavy for the operator because of the torque generated by some of the accessories. Consequently, the operator cannot work with precision. To overcome this problem, we ergonomically redesigned the hand applicator of LILJ. Here, we report an assessment of the redesigned hand applicator's usability and stability that were evaluated by using the torque generated around the center of gravity of the hand applicator and the hit probability. We considered the load on the hand by force measured using a forcesensitive sensor attached to the hand applicator. We showed that three out of five subjects were able to generate enough force equally to stabilize the position of the proposed hand applicator after a disturbance was generated and were able to reduce the force enough to control the disturbance.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931214581372
ID information
  • DOI : 10.1177/1541931214581372
  • ISSN : 1071-1813
  • SCOPUS ID : 84957669437

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