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Mechatronics in Medicine

The MIM Lab develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures.

Head of Group

B415C Bessemer Building
South Kensington Campus

+44 (0)20 7594 7046

What we do

The Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures including neuro, cardiovascular, orthopaedic surgeries, and colonoscopies. Examples include bio-inspired catheters that can navigate along complex paths within the brain (such as EDEN2020), soft robots to explore endoluminal anatomies (such as the colon), and virtual reality solutions to support surgeons during knee replacement surgeries.

Meet the team

Mr Ayhan Aktas
Casual - Student demonstrator - lower rate

Dr Daniel Bautista Salinas
Research Associate

Dr Kaiwen Chen
Research Associate

Mr Zejian Cui
Research Assistant

Mr Connor Daly
Research Postgraduate

Emeritus Professor Brian L Davies FREng
Emeritus Professor

Mr Zhaoyang Jacopo Hu
Research Postgraduate

Dr Hisham M Iqbal
Research Associate

Mr Alex Ranne
Research Postgraduate

Professor Ferdinando M Rodriguez y Baena
Co-Director of Hamlyn Centre, Professor of Medical Robotics

Dr Jialei Shi
Research Associate

Mr Spyridon Souipas
Casual - Other work

Ms Emilia Zari
Research Postgraduate

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Aktas:2023:10.3390/biomedicines11072008,
author = {Aktas, A and Demircali, AA and Secoli, R and Temelkuran, B and Rodriguez, y Baena F},
doi = {10.3390/biomedicines11072008},
journal = {Biomedicines},
pages = {1--17},
title = {Towards a procedure-optimised steerable catheter for deep-seated neurosurgery},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11072008},
volume = {11},
year = {2023}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - In recent years, steerable needles have attracted significant interest in relation to minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Specifically, the flexible, programmable bevel-tip needle (PBN) concept was successfully demonstrated in vivo in an evaluation of the feasibility of convection-enhanced delivery (CED) for chemotherapeutics within the ovine model with a 2.5 mm PBN prototype. However, further size reductions are necessary for other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and drug delivery operations involving deep-seated tissue structures. Since PBNs have a complex cross-section geometry, standard production methods, such as extrusion, fail, as the outer diameter is reduced further. This paper presents our first attempt to demonstrate a new manufacturing method for PBNs that employs thermal drawing technology. Experimental characterisation tests were performed for the 2.5 mm PBN and the new 1.3 mm thermally drawn (TD) PBN prototype described here. The results show that thermal drawing presents a significant advantage in miniaturising complex needle structures. However, the steering behaviour was affected due to the choice of material in this first attempt, a limitation which will be addressed in future work.
AU  - Aktas,A
AU  - Demircali,AA
AU  - Secoli,R
AU  - Temelkuran,B
AU  - Rodriguez,y Baena F
DO  - 10.3390/biomedicines11072008
EP  - 17
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 2227-9059
SP  - 1
TI  - Towards a procedure-optimised steerable catheter for deep-seated neurosurgery
T2  - Biomedicines
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11072008
UR  - https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/7/2008
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/105490
VL  - 11
ER  -