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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{Cobb:2006,
author = {Cobb, J and Henckel, J and Gomes, P and Harris, S and Jakopec, M and Rodriguez, F and Barrett, A and Davies, B},
journal = {Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery},
pages = {188--197},
title = {Hands-on robotic unicompartmental knee replacement - A prospective, randomised controlled study},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16434522},
volume = {88-B},
year = {2006}
}

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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB  - We performed a prospective, randomised controlled trial of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty comparing the performance of the Acrobot system with conventional surgery. A total of 27 patients (28 knees) awaiting unicompartmental knee arthroplasty were randomly allocated to have the operation performed conventionally or with the assistance of the Acrobot. The primary outcome measurement was the angle of tibiofemoral alignment in the coronal plane, measured by CT. Other secondary parameters were evaluated and are reported. All of the Acrobot group had tibiofemoral alignment in the coronal plane within 2 degrees of the planned position, while only 40% of the conventional group achieved this level of accuracy. While the operations took longer, no adverse effects were noted, and there was a trend towards improvement in performance with increasing accuracy based on the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and American Knee Society scores at six weeks and three months. The Acrobot device allows the surgeon to reproduce a pre-operative plan more reliably than is possible using conventional techniques which may have clinical advantages.
AU  - Cobb,J
AU  - Henckel,J
AU  - Gomes,P
AU  - Harris,S
AU  - Jakopec,M
AU  - Rodriguez,F
AU  - Barrett,A
AU  - Davies,B
EP  - 197
PY  - 2006///
SN  - 0301-620X
SP  - 188
TI  - Hands-on robotic unicompartmental knee replacement - A prospective, randomised controlled study
T2  - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16434522
VL  - 88-B
ER  -