Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, South Korea.
Radioisotope Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon, 34057, South Korea.
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 May;11(20):e2307427. doi: 10.1002/advs.202307427. Epub 2024 Mar 9.
A medical tool is a general instrument intended for use in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in humans or other animals. Nowadays, sensors are widely employed in medical tools to analyze or quantify disease-related parameters for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients' diseases. Recent explosive advancements in sensor technologies have extended the integration and application of sensors in medical tools by providing more versatile in vivo sensing capabilities. These unique sensing capabilities, especially for medical tools for surgery or medical treatment, are getting more attention owing to the rapid growth of minimally invasive surgery. In this review, recent advancements in sensor-integrated medical tools are presented, and their necessity, use, and examples are comprehensively introduced. Specifically, medical tools often utilized for medical surgery or treatment, for example, medical needles, catheters, robotic surgery, sutures, endoscopes, and tubes, are covered, and in-depth discussions about the working mechanism used for each sensor-integrated medical tool are provided.
医疗器械是一种通用仪器，旨在用于预防、诊断和治疗人类或其他动物的疾病。如今，传感器广泛应用于医疗器械中，用于分析或量化与疾病相关的参数，以诊断和监测患者的疾病。近年来，传感器技术的飞速发展，通过提供更具通用性的体内传感能力，扩展了传感器在医疗器械中的集成和应用。这些独特的传感能力，特别是对于用于手术或治疗的医疗器械，由于微创手术的快速发展，受到了越来越多的关注。本文综述了传感器集成医疗器械的最新进展，并全面介绍了它们的必要性、用途和实例。具体而言，涵盖了常用于医疗手术或治疗的医疗器械，例如医用针、导管、机器人手术、缝线、内窥镜和管子，并对每个传感器集成医疗器械所使用的工作机制进行了深入讨论。
