Design and fabrication of concentric tube robots: a survey

CJ Nwafor, C Girerd, GJ Laurent… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Concentric tube robots (CTRs) have drawn significant research attention over the years,
particularly due to their applications in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Indeed, their small …

Continuum robots for medical applications: A survey

J Burgner-Kahrs, DC Rucker… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we describe the state of the art in continuum robot manipulators and systems
intended for application to interventional medicine. Inspired by biological trunks, tentacles …

Surgical robotics for intracerebral hemorrhage treatment: state of the art and future directions

Z Wu, D Chen, C Pan, G Zhang, S Chen, J Shi… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a stroke subtype with high mortality and disability, and
there are no proven medical treatments that can improve the functional outcome of ICH …

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 …

A continuum robotic cannula with tip following capability and distal dexterity for intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation

J Yan, J Chen, J Chen, W Yan, Q Ding… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: This paper aims to investigate a new continuum robot design and its motion
implementation methods appropriate for a minimally invasive intracerebral hemorrhage …

New actuation mechanism for actively cooled SMA springs in a neurosurgical robot

SS Cheng, Y Kim, JP Desai - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the use of shape memory alloy (SMA) spring actuators with real-time
cooling to control the motion of the minimally invasive neurosurgical intracranial robot …

Non-metallic MR-guided concentric tube robot for intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation

AL Gunderman, S Sengupta, E Siampli… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: We aim to develop and evaluate an MR-conditional concentric tube robot for
intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) evacuation. Methods: We fabricated the concentric tube …

Eye-in-hand visual servoing of concentric tube robots

AV Kudryavtsev, MT Chikhaoui… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter deals with the development of a vision-based controller for a continuum robot
architecture. More precisely, the controlled robotic structure is based on three-tube …

MR-conditional steerable needle robot for intracerebral hemorrhage removal

Y Chen, IS Godage, S Sengupta, CL Liu… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is one of the deadliest forms of stroke in the
USA. Conventional surgical techniques such as craniotomy or stereotactic aspiration disrupt …

Minimally invasive intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation: a review

MJ Musa, AB Carpenter, C Kellner, D Sigounas… - Annals of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Intracerebral hemorrhage is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. To date,
there is no specific treatment that clearly provides a benefit in functional outcome or …