3 papers
cs.RO2026
Development of a Handheld Actuation Mechanism for a Tendon-driven Robotically Steered Guidewire
Saima Chavenet, Timothy A. Brumfiel, Revanth Konda +1
An endovascular intervention begins with a skilled clinician manually navigating a long, slender wire, called a guidewire, to the target location within the vasculature. Due to fac…
cs.RO2025
Design of a Polymer-based Steerable Cannula for Neurosurgical Applications
Nidhi Malhotra, Amber K. Rothe, Revanth Konda +1
Robotically steerable compliant surgical tools offer several advantages over rigid tools, including enhanced dexterity, reduced tissue damage, and the ability to generate non-linea…
cs.RO2025
Evaluating the Navigation Capabilities of a Modified COAST Guidewire Robot in an Anatomical Phantom Model
Timothy A. Brumfiel, Revanth Konda, Drew Elliott +1
To address the issues that arise due to the manual navigation of guidewires in endovascular interventions, research in medical robotics has taken a strong interest in developing ro…