Alessandra Simone
Kinematic and kinetic evaluation of videolaryngoscopes through motion analysis and robotics.
Rel. Mara Terzini, Marco Daghero, Simone Borrelli. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2025
Abstract
Airway management is a critical procedure in anesthesiology and emergency care, where opening the patient’s airway often requires endotracheal intubation. In recent years, videolaryngoscopes have been increasingly adopted to facilitate this maneuver and improve visualization of the airway. However, endotracheal intubation performed using videolaryngoscopes can still involve significant risks for the patient, including dental trauma and oropharyngeal tissue injuries. Literature indicates that these complications are often caused by excessive loads applied during the maneuver. Current methods in measuring forces and moments over the entire blade of the device provide only partial information about the loads, as they allow the analysis of load magnitudes but not their directions.
The aim of this thesis is to perform an experimental evaluation of the endotracheal intubation maneuver from a kinematic and kinetic perspective, combining motion capture and collaborative robotics
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