Design and Analysis of a Hand-Held Surgical Forceps with a Force-Holding Function

Abstract

Physiological hand tremors, twitching, and the nonlinear characteristics of the relationship between surgical forceps clamping force and operating force seriously affect the clamping accuracy of surgical instruments. To address this problem, a new type of surgical forceps with a force-holding function was developed to replace traditional forceps, which was studied in terms of structural design, statics, and dynamics. The overall structure of the surgical forceps was designed based on the lever principle, the kinematic model of the clamping part of the surgical forceps was established by the geometrical method, and the correctness of the kinematic model was verified by ADAMS. To address the clamping accuracy of the surgical forceps, a stress analysis was performed, its dynamics model was established, a finite element simulation was performed, the modal of the forceps was optimized using the Box–Behnken method, and, finally, an experimental platform was built to perform the accuracy test. The results demonstrate that the designed surgical forceps exhibit high clamping accuracy and fulfill the design specifications for surgical operations.