Tecnología Médica
Tecnología Médica
Mycelium-based biomimetic composite structures as a sustainable leather alternative
06/05/2025 -
Abstract: Fungi, the main destructors of bio-waste, are opening up a new field for bio-based materials that contribute to a more eco-friendly future. In the fashion industry, using mycelium as a...
Binocular vision-assisted magnetic soft catheter robot system for minimally invasive in-situ bioprinting
01/04/2025 -
Magnetic soft catheter (MSC) robots, renowned for their remarkable flexibility and wireless controllability, are suitable for operation in constrained and dynamic in vivo environments, and they have...
Laparoscopic suture gestures recognition via Machine Learning: a method for validation of kinematic features selection
01/04/2025 -
In minimally invasive surgery, robotics integration has been crucial, with a current focus on developing collaborative algorithms to reduce surgeons’ workload. Effective human-robot collaboration...
HoloGesture: A Multimodal Dataset For Hand Gesture Recognition Robust To Hand Textures On Head-Mounted Mixed-Reality Devices
01/04/2025 -
While the recent development of high performance mixedreality (MR) devices is enabling its use in medical and industrial domains, this requires hand gesture recognition to be robust to different...
A bioabsorbable mechanoelectric fiber as electrical stimulation suture
26/02/2025 -
In surgical medicine, suturing is the standard treatment for large incisions, yet traditional sutures are limited in functionality. Electrical stimulation is a non-pharmacological therapy that...
A Novel Robot Platform with Decoupled Stiffness Control for Endoscopic Surgery
24/09/2024 -
Endoscopic robot has garnered significant attention for its ability to offer auxiliary traction and precise maneuverability. However, the low stiffness of its insertion tube makes it susceptible...
ROSurgical: An Open-Source Framework for Telesurgery
30/07/2024 -
The advent of surgical robots has significantly enhanced the precision and efficiency of surgical procedures, paving the way for remote operation and telesurgery. Despite its potential for...
Design of Transmission Tubes for Surgical Concentric Push-Pull Robots
30/07/2024 -
The performance of concentric push-pull robots passing through endoscopes is best if their laser-cut transmission tubes exhibit high axial stiffness, high torsional stiffness, and low bending...
Enhancing Accuracy in Transendoscopic Concentric Tube Robots for Monocular Endoscope Guidance
30/07/2024 -
For transendoscopic concentric tube robots to have high accuracy with respect to endoscope-derived information, they must be calibrated with respect to the endoscope. We propose to accomplish this...
Breathing Compensation in Magnetic Robotic Bronchoscopy via Shape Forming
29/07/2024 -
Despite the increased interest in robotic systems designed for bronchoscopy, the influence of the bronchial tree dynamics remains relatively unexplored. To enable robotic solutions to perform...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Needle Insertion Robots: A Review of Systems for Liver and Kidney Interventions
29/07/2024 -
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided intervention for the liver and kidney has achieved considerable progress in tumor diagnosis and treatment over the past two decades. However, due to the...
Soft Robotic Gastroscope for Low/Middle-Income Countries: Design and Preliminary Validation
08/07/2024 -
To reduce incidence and mortality, screening of the gastric cavity is crucial to diagnose early-stage cancers. Most cases are concentrated in low/ middle-income countries (LMICs), where medical...
Use of three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping for epicardial access: needle tracking, electrographic characteristics, and clinical application
13/05/2024 -
CONCLUSION: By tracking NT in the 3D EAM system and continuously monitoring the NT electrogram, it is feasible and safe to obtain EA with minimum or no fluoroscopic guidance.
Frequency-encoded eye tracking smart contact lens for human–machine interaction
29/04/2024 -
Eye tracking techniques enable high-efficient, natural, and effortless human-machine interaction by detecting users’ eye movements and decoding their attention and intentions. Here, a...
Enhancing Precision in Eye Surgery: Applanation and Vacuum-Aided Automatic Cornea Needle Insertion System
29/04/2024 -
This paper illustrates the improvement of needle positioning precision within corneal tissue by an automated needle insertion system utilizing a vacuum applanation pad. The system is designed to...
A Hybrid Steerable Robot with Magnetic Wrist for Minimally Invasive Epilepsy Surgery
11/04/2024 -
Dexterity is demanded for an endoscopic tool to handle complicated procedures in neurosurgery, e.g., removing diseased tissue from inside the deep brain along a tortuous path. Current robotic...
Design of Scanning Fiber Micro-Cantilever based Catheter for Ultra-Small Endoscopes
11/04/2024 -
The continuous research into optics and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMSs) enables the fabrication of optical scanners having diameters as small as few millimeters. As a result, medical...
Suture Thread Spline Reconstruction from Endoscopic Images for Robotic Surgery with Reliability-driven Keypoint Detection
11/04/2024 -
Automating the process of manipulating and delivering sutures during robotic surgery is a prominent problem at the frontier of surgical robotics, as automating this task can significantly reduce...
Robotic Needle Insertion With 2D Ultrasound–3D CT Fusion Guidance
09/04/2024 -
Puncture robots pave a new way for stable, accurate and safe percutaneous liver tumor puncture operation. However, affected by respiratory motion, intraoperative accurate location of the tumor and...
Autonomous Needle Navigation in Subretinal Injections via iOCT
09/04/2024 -
Subretinal injection is an effective method for direct delivery of therapeutic agents to treat prevalent subretinal diseases. Among the challenges for surgeons are physiological hand tremor,...
A novel low-pressure robotic glove based on CT-optimized finger joint kinematic model for long-term rehabilitation of stroke patients
09/04/2024 -
Wearing robotic gloves has become increasingly crucial for hand rehabilitation in stroke patients. However, traditional robotic gloves can exert additional pressure on the hand, such as prolonged...