Development of a virtual reality surgical platform for unicompartmental knee replacement

A virtual reality (VR) surgical training platform for unicompartmental knee replacement is developed in his study. The platform is constructed with VR software employed on PC-based system and connected with a low-cost manual manipulator. The primary components in the VR include soft tissue and skeletal tissue of the knee as well as various surgical tools such asscapels, cutting jig, drill, and oscillating saw, and so on. The manipulator provides 6-DOF motion and 3-DOF force measurements. During manipulation, all measurement data is displayed via a monitoring interface on the screen. Besides, an evaluation system with different assessment method for each surgical process is built for training purpose.

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