Dexterous helical magnetic robot for improved endovascular access

R Dreyfus, Q Boehler, S Lyttle, P Gruber, J Lussi… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Treating vascular diseases in the brain requires access to the affected region inside the
body. This is usually accomplished through a minimally invasive technique that involves the …

A Human‐Scale Clinically Ready Electromagnetic Navigation System for Magnetically Responsive Biomaterials and Medical Devices

S Gervasoni, N Pedrini, T Rifai, C Fischer… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic navigation systems are used to precisely manipulate magnetically responsive
materials enabling the realization of new minimally invasive procedures using magnetic …

Fiberbots: Robotic fibers for high-precision minimally invasive surgery

MEMK Abdelaziz, J Zhao, B Gil Rosa, HT Lee… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Precise manipulation of flexible surgical tools is crucial in minimally invasive surgical
procedures, necessitating a miniature and flexible robotic probe that can precisely direct the …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetosurgery: Principles, design, and applications

DV Kladko, VV Vinogradov - Smart Materials in Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Magnetosurgery, the guidance or actuation of surgical instruments during operations using
magnetic forces, has become a global trend in minimally invasive surgeries performed …

Autonomous Magnetic Navigation in Endoscopic Image Mosaics

M Mattille, Q Boehler, J Lussi, N Ochsenbein… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Endoscopes navigate within the human body to observe anatomical structures with minimal
invasiveness. A major shortcoming of their use is their narrow field‐of‐view during …

Development and verification of a micro magnetically guided helical robot with active locomotion and steering capabilities for guidewires

P Li, Z Wang, C Ye, D Fang, J Zhang, C Liang - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2024 - Elsevier
As a fundamental instrument in vascular interventional surgery, guidewires inherently face
limitations when navigating through complex curved blood vessel bifurcations due to their …

Novel concentric magnetic continuum robot with multiple stiffness modes for potential delivery of nanomedicine

N Li, D Lin, J Wu, Q Gan, X Hu, N Jiao - Magnetochemistry, 2023 - mdpi.com
The utilisation of miniature robots has become essential in the domain of minimally invasive
surgery and long-distance delivery of nanomedicine. Among these, the miniature magnetic …

A Fast Soft Continuum Catheter Robot Manufacturing Strategy Based on Heterogeneous Modular Magnetic Units

T Zhang, G Li, X Yang, H Ren, D Guo, H Wang, K Chan… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Developing small-scale continuum catheter robots with inherent soft bodies and high
adaptability to different environments holds great promise for biomedical engineering …

Towards Automatic Stomach Screening Using a Wireless Magnetically Actuated Capsule Endoscope

H Zhang, Y Li, X Shi, Y Sun, J Li… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Stomach cancer remains one of the primary health challenges with a high incidence and
motility. Magnetically actuated capsule endoscope (MACE) provides a noninvasive and …

Patient-specific placental vessel segmentation with limited data

G Sarwin, J Lussi, S Gervasoni, U Moehrlen… - Journal of robotic …, 2024 - Springer
A major obstacle in applying machine learning for medical fields is the disparity between the
data distribution of the training images and the data encountered in clinics. This …