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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{Barrett:2007,
author = {Barrett, ARW and Davies, BL and Gomes, M and Harris, SJ and Henckel, J and Jakopec, M and Kannan, V and Ridriguez, FM},
journal = {J Engineering in Medicine},
pages = {773--785},
title = {Coputer-assisted hip resurfacing surgery using the Acrobot Navigation System},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18019464},
volume = {221},
year = {2007}
}

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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB  - The authors have previously reported on the laboratory development of the Acrobot Navigation System for accurate computer-assisted hip resurfacing surgery. This paper describes the findings of using the system in the clinical setting and including the improvements that have been made to expedite the procedure. The aim of the present system is to allow accurate planning of the procedure and precise placement of the prosthesis in accordance with the plan, with a zero intraoperative time penalty in comparison to the standard non-navigated technique. At present the navigation system is undergoing final clinical evaluation prior to a clinical study designed to demonstrate the accuracy of outcome compared with the conventional technique. While full results are not yet available, this paper describes the techniques that will be used to evaluate accuracy by comparing pre-operative computed tomography (CT)-based plans with post-operative CT scans. Example qualitative clinical results are included based on visual comparison of the plan with post-operative X-rays.
AU  - Barrett,ARW
AU  - Davies,BL
AU  - Gomes,M
AU  - Harris,SJ
AU  - Henckel,J
AU  - Jakopec,M
AU  - Kannan,V
AU  - Ridriguez,FM
EP  - 785
PY  - 2007///
SN  - 0954-4119
SP  - 773
TI  - Coputer-assisted hip resurfacing surgery using the Acrobot Navigation System
T2  - J Engineering in Medicine
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18019464
VL  - 221
ER  -