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Relationship between Restoring Force and Typical Stroke with SMA Coil Spring in Electrosurgical Knee Wand

슬관절 수술용 전기소작완드에 적용되는 형상기억합금 코일스프링의 회복력 및 행정거리의 관계

  • Received : 2011.05.30
  • Accepted : 2011.09.07
  • Published : 2011.12.01
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Abstract

Electrosurgical knee wand (EKW) is a high-frequency thermocautery instrument and is often used for coagulation, ablation, excision, and extirpation of knee ligaments and tissues. In order to maximize the success rate, ease, and safety of knee surgery using EKW and radiofrequency ablation, it is necessary to ensure that the EKW selectively approaches the lesion with utmost accuracy and safety. The key feature of this instrument is its excellent maneuverability. Hence, the authors constructed a tensile spring model based on a shape memory alloy (SMA), which exhibits the shape memory effect. This model can be used in knee surgery as it is considered the most biocompatible femorotibial surgical actuator. The changes in external temperature with current and the thermoelectric characteristics of the SMA were investigated. The relationship between the restoring force and the typical stroke (TS) in response to the conditions in the SMA tensile spring design were evaluated. In conclusion, as the diameter of the SMA tensile spring decreased, the maximum temperature increased. The strain in the actuator caused a stable and proportional increase in the force and induced current for up to 15s, but this increase became very unstable after 30s. Moreover, the relationship between the current and the TS was more stable than that between the current and the restoring force.

슬관절 소작용 완드(Electrosurgical Knee Wand, EKW)는 고주파 소작법으로 슬관절 인대, 조직 등의 응고, 삭마, 절제, 등에 적용된다. EKW와 radiofrequency를 이용한 조직응고, 삭마 등의 슬관절 수술에서 수술안전성, 편의성 및 성공률을 극대화하기 위해서는 병변에 매우 정확하고 안전하게 EKW가 선택적 접근을 할 수 있도록 유도하는 탁월한 방향조종제어능이 핵심기술이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 대퇴경골부 제한적인 공간에서 가장 적합한 수술용 의료기기 액추에이터로 판단되는 형상기억합금(SMA) 와이어를 이용하여 형상기억효과를 극대화 할 수 있는 SMA 인장스프링 모델을 제작하여 실험을 수행하였다. 또한 SMA의 열전기적 특성 및 전류변화에 따른 온도특성에 대한 연구를 수행하고 SMA 인장스프링의 설계조건에 따른 회복력 및 행정거리의 관계를 평가하였다. 그 결과, SMA 인장스프링의 직경이 작아질수록 최대온도는 증가하였다. 전류인가 15초의 경우는 전류량 증가와 힘의 증가가 비례한 반면, 전류인가 30초는 매우 불안정한 결과가 나타났다. 반면, 전류량 증가와 행정거리(TS) 증가 관계는 전류인가 15초일 때가 전류인가 30초일 때보다 더 안정적인 결과가 나타났다.

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