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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

@inproceedings{Bautista-Salinas:2023:10.1109/icra48891.2023.10161565,
author = {Bautista-Salinas, D and Kirby, C and Abdelaziz, MEMK and Temelkuran, B and Huins, CT and Rodriguez, y Baena F},
doi = {10.1109/icra48891.2023.10161565},
pages = {6823--6829},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {Semi-autonomous robotic control of a self-shaping cochlear implant},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icra48891.2023.10161565},
year = {2023}
}

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TY - CPAPER
AB - Cochlear implants (CIs) can improve hearing in patients suffering from sensorineural hearing loss via an electrode array (EA) carefully inserted in the scala tympani. Current EAs can cause trauma during insertion, threatening hearing preservation; hence we proposed a pre-curved thermally drawn EA that curls into the cochlea under the influence of body temperature. However, the additional surgical skill required to insert pre-curved EAs usually produces worse surgical outcomes. Medical robots can offer an effective solution to assist surgeons in improving surgical outcomes and reducing outliers. This work proposes a collaborative approach to insert our EA where manageable tasks are automated using a vision-based system. The insertion strategy presented allowed us to insert our EA successfully. The feasibility study showed that we can insert EAs following the defined control strategy while keeping the exerted contact forces within safe levels. The teleoperated robotic system and robotic vision approach to control a self-shaping CI has thus shown potential to provide the tools for a more delicate and atraumatic approach.
AU - Bautista-Salinas,D
AU - Kirby,C
AU - Abdelaziz,MEMK
AU - Temelkuran,B
AU - Huins,CT
AU - Rodriguez,y Baena F
DO - 10.1109/icra48891.2023.10161565
EP - 6829
PB - IEEE
PY - 2023///
SP - 6823
TI - Semi-autonomous robotic control of a self-shaping cochlear implant
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icra48891.2023.10161565
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/106556
ER -