Robot-assisted surgeries have been integrated and leading to a paradigm shift in surgical
fields. With the emergence of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), especially Natural Orifice …

Rapid advancements in technology have facilitated the development of functional micro-
electromechanical system (MEMS) actuators. The use of such actuators has recently …

Great significant progress has been made in the development of biomedical microdevices in
recent years, and these devices are now playing an important role in diagnosis and therapy …

BACKGROUND Intravascular ultrasound (“IVUS”) imaging systems have proven diagnostic
capabilities for a variety of diseases and disorders. For example, IVUS imaging systems …

Interventional radiology and cardiology are rapidly growing areas of minimally invasive
surgery, covering multiple diagnostic and interventional procedures. Treatment via …

Actual endoscopes and boroscopes, widely used in industry and in minimal invasive
surgery, have considerable limitations, mainly due to their low number of degrees of …

This paper presents a microrobot of continuum type that satisfies constraints in terms of
degrees of freedom, size, and safety for endovascular surgery. The proposed instrument …

This paper presents an optimal path planning method of steerable electrode arrays for robot-
assisted cochlear implant surgery. In this paper, the authors present a novel design of …

The development of a low-cost active tip bending system for a scanning fiber endoscope or
catheterscope has been initiated and proof-of-concept fabrication and testing have been …

The transformation between martensite and austenite in shape memory alloy is
characterized by four transformation temperatures: martensite start temperature (M s) …