3D-printed multifunctional materials enabled by artificial-intelligence-assisted fabrication technologies

Z Zhu, DWH Ng, HS Park, MC McAlpine - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
The emerging capability to 3D print a diverse palette of functional inks will enable the mass
democratization of patient-specific wearable devices and smart biomedical implants for …

Emerging robotic platforms for minimally invasive surgery

V Vitiello, SL Lee, TP Cundy… - IEEE reviews in …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent technological advances in surgery have resulted in the development of a range of
new techniques that have reduced patient trauma, shortened hospitalization, and improved …

Future platforms of robotic surgery

SL Alip, J Kim, KH Rha, WK Han - Urologic Clinics, 2022 - urologic.theclinics.com
The birth of robots in surgery and the idea of telepresence arose from necessity. One of the
factors that drove these innovations was the need to provide surgical services to soldiers in …

Medical technologies and challenges of robot-assisted minimally invasive intervention and diagnostics

N Simaan, RM Yasin, L Wang - Annual Review of Control …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Emerging paradigms furthering the reach of medical technology into human anatomy
present unique modeling, control, and sensing problems. This review provides a brief history …

Biopsy with thermally-responsive untethered microtools

E Gultepe, JS Randhawa, S Kadam… - Advanced Materials …, 2012 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Biopsy with thermally-responsive untethered microtools - PMC Skip to main content Here's how
you know Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government …

Medical telerobotic systems: current status and future trends

S Avgousti, EG Christoforou, AS Panayides… - Biomedical engineering …, 2016 - Springer
Teleoperated medical robotic systems allow procedures such as surgeries, treatments, and
diagnoses to be conducted across short or long distances while utilizing wired and/or …

From Leonardo to da Vinci: the history of robot‐assisted surgery in urology

DR Yates, C Vaessen, M Roupret - BJU international, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Numerous urological
procedures can now be performed with robotic assistance. Though not definitely proven to …

Advanced intelligent systems for surgical robotics

MT Thai, PT Phan, TT Hoang, S Wong… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Surgical robots have had clinical use since the mid‐1990s. Robot‐assisted surgeries offer
many benefits over the conventional approach including lower risk of infection and blood …

A novel 4-DOF origami grasper with an SMA-actuation system for minimally invasive surgery

M Salerno, K Zhang, A Menciassi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is one of the most challenging techniques for robot
designers due to the limited size of access points, the high miniaturization level, and the …

Hand-held transendoscopic robotic manipulators: A transurethral laser prostate surgery case study

RJ Hendrick, CR Mitchell, SD Herrell… - … journal of robotics …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Natural orifice endoscopic surgery can enable incisionless approaches, but a major
challenge is the lack of small and dexterous instrumentation. Surgical robots have the …