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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{Jakopec:2003,
author = {Jakopec, M and Rodriguez, y Baena F and Harris, SJ and Gomes, P and Cobb, J and Davies, BL},
journal = {Ieee T Robotic Autom},
pages = {902--911},
title = {The hands-on orthopaedic robot "Acrobot": Early clinical trials of total knee replacement surgery},
volume = {19},
year = {2003}
}

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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB  - A "hands-on" robotic system for total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is presented. A computer tomography-based preoperative planning software is used to accurately plan the procedure. Intraoperatively, the surgeon guides a small special-purpose robot, called Acrobot, which is mounted on a gross positioning device. The Acrobot uses active constraint control, which constrains the motion to a predefined region, and thus allows the surgeon to safely cut the knee bones to fit a TKR prosthesis with high precision. A noninvasive anatomical registration method is described. The system has been successfully used in seven clinical trials with encouraging results.
AU  - Jakopec,M
AU  - Rodriguez,y Baena F
AU  - Harris,SJ
AU  - Gomes,P
AU  - Cobb,J
AU  - Davies,BL
EP  - 911
PY  - 2003///
SN  - 1042-296X
SP  - 902
TI  - The hands-on orthopaedic robot "Acrobot": Early clinical trials of total knee replacement surgery
T2  - Ieee T Robotic Autom
VL  - 19
ER  -