| Design, Additive Manufacture, and Control of a Pneumatic MR-Compatible Needle Driver DB Comber, JE Slightam, VR Gervasi, JS Neimat, EJ Barth IEEE Transactions on Robotics 32 (1), 138-149, 2016 | 74 | 2016 |
| System, method, and apparatus for configuration, design, and operation of an active cannula robot PJ Swaney, R Lathrop, J Burgner, K Weaver, HB Gilbert, RJ Webster, ... US Patent 10,548,630, 2020 | 60 | 2020 |
| Design and control of an magnetic resonance compatible precision pneumatic active cannula robot DB Comber, EJ Barth, RJ Webster III Journal of Medical Devices 8 (1), 011003, 2014 | 52 | 2014 |
| Optimization of curvilinear needle trajectories for transforamenal hippocampotomy DB Comber, EB Pitt, HB Gilbert, MW Powelson, E Matijevich, JS Neimat, ... Operative Neurosurgery 13 (1), 15-22, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
| Design and precision control of an MR-compatible flexible fluidic actuator DB Comber, JE Slightam, EJ Barth, VR Gervasi, RJ Webster III Fluid Power Systems Technology 56086, V001T01A048, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
| Treating epilepsy via thermal ablation: Initial experiments with an MRI-guided concentric tube robot Y Chen, ME Poorman, DB Comber, EB Pitt, C Liu, IS Godage, H Yu, ... Frontiers in Biomedical Devices 40672, V001T02A002, 2017 | 19 | 2017 |
| System, method, and apparatus for configuration, design, and operation of an active cannula robot PJ Swaney, R Lathrop, J Burgner, K Weaver, HB Gilbert, RJ Webster III, ... US Patent App. 16/738,125, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
| Sliding mode control of an mri-compatible pneumatically actuated robot DB Comber, D Cardona, RJ Webster III, EJ Barth Proceedings of the Fluid Power and Motion Control Symposium, 283-293, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Precision pneumatic robot for MRI-guided neurosurgery DB Comber, D Cardona, RJ Webster III, EJ Barth ASME J. Med. Dev 6 (1), 017587, 2012 | 16 | 2012 |
| Motive device for use in magnetically-sensitive environments DB Comber, EJ Barth US Patent 9,492,234, 2016 | 12 | 2016 |
| Precision position tracking of MR-compatible pneumatic piston-cylinder using sliding mode control D Comber, EJ Barth Dynamic Systems and Control Conference 54754, 45-51, 2011 | 10 | 2011 |
| Follow-the-leader deployment of steerable needles using a magnetic resonance-compatible robot with stepper actuators E Bryn Pitt, DB Comber, Y Chen, JS Neimat, RJ Webster, EJ Barth Journal of Medical Devices 10 (2), 020945, 2016 | 7 | 2016 |
| System, method, and apparatus for configuration, design, and operation of an active cannula robot PJ Swaney, R Lathrop, J Burgner, K Weaver, HB Gilbert, RJ Webster, ... Feb, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
| Open-loop tip accuracy of an MRI-compatible active cannula robot DB Comber, RJ Webster III, JS Neimat, EJ Barth Proc Hamlyn Symp Medical Robotics, 112-113, 2013 | 6 | 2013 |
| MRI–Compatible Fluid-Powered Medical Devices J Ueda, DB Comber, J Slightam, M Turkseven, V Gervasi, RJ Webster III, ... Mechanical Engineering 135 (06), S13-S16, 2013 | 5 | 2013 |
| System and apparatus for performing transforminal therapy J Neimat, EJ Barth, RJ Webster, DB Comber US Patent App. 15/037,074, 2016 | 3 | 2016 |
| Apparatus and method for moving an elongate rod DB Comber, EJ Barth, JE Slightam, VR Gervasi US Patent 10,321,963, 2019 | 1 | 2019 |
| Design and Control of Magnetic Resonance-Compatible, Pneumatic Actuators and Robotic Platforms for Steerable Needle Interventions DB Comber Vanderbilt University, 2015 | | 2015 |
