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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{Frasson:2010:10.1504/IJISTA.2010.03022,
author = {Frasson, L and Parittotokkaporn, T and Davies, BL and Rodriguez, y Baena F},
doi = {10.1504/IJISTA.2010.03022},
journal = {International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications},
pages = {409--422},
title = {Early developments of a novel smart actuator inspired by nature},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJISTA.2010.03022},
volume = {8},
year = {2010}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Current research at Imperial College focuses on the development of a novel neurosurgical probe for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), which exploits the design of certain ovipositing wasps. While conventional instruments are rigid and only used to achieve straight-line trajectories, the biomimetic design will enable curved paths connecting any entry point to any target within the brain to be followed autonomously. This paper reports on the successful outcome of an early feasibility study, where two of the key concepts behind the design are investigated: a robotic actuator was developed to demonstrate effective soft tissue traversal by reciprocating custom-built anisotropic surface textures, without the need to apply an external force to push the tissue along. Then, custom-designed rigid probes with bio-inspired surface topographies were fabricated and tested on cadaveric porcine brain with the aim to characterise the insertion and extraction forces due to friction and tribological interaction with biological tissue. © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
AU  - Frasson,L
AU  - Parittotokkaporn,T
AU  - Davies,BL
AU  - Rodriguez,y Baena F
DO  - 10.1504/IJISTA.2010.03022
EP  - 422
PY  - 2010///
SN  - 1740-8865
SP  - 409
TI  - Early developments of a novel smart actuator inspired by nature
T2  - International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJISTA.2010.03022
VL  - 8
ER  -