4 papers
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…
Shape Sensing of Continuum Robots using Direct Laser Writing
Amber K. Rothe, Nidhi Malhotra, Jaydev P. Desai
Continuum robots offer a promising approach for minimally invasive and natural-orifice surgical procedures due to their inherent compliance and dexterity. However, this flexibility…
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…
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…