Tip Alignment
Tip Alignment is a performance metric within the domain of surgical instrument evaluation that quantifies the degree of congruence between the distal tips of opposing jaws in a needle holder, distinguishing it from other alignment assessments by specifically addressing tip-level precision critical for needle manipulation in suturing procedures.
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Design Choices in Needle Steering—A Review
Nick J. van de Berg, Dennis J. van Gerwen, Jenny Dankelman et al. · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics · 2014 · 120 citations
Engineering, Surgery, Actuators +9
Scott O. Trerotola, Steven Thompson, Jesse Chittams et al. · Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology · 2007 · 87 citations
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McGill University
Montreal, Canada
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3 publications
32 citations
Lockheed Martin (United States)
Bethesda, United States
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9 publications
233 citations

Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest, Hungary
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
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Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Stryker (Germany)
Duisburg, Germany
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14 citations
COMSATS University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
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Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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