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Stories tagged with 'Surgery'
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Strong skin
Q&A: How skin cells from foot soles could help relieve amputees of stump injury
Imperial scientists hope to re-engineer stump skin for more comfortable prosthetics – using skin from the sole of the foot as a template.
Hamlyn Centre Research
Patterning Precision with Floating Magnetic Microrobots
A new, more precise system for creating miniature medical micro-tools that may someday be used in minimally invasive surgery.
operating principles
Brexit study demonstrates importance of EU for UK robotic surgery research
Collaborations with EU researchers and institutions have been critical to the UK’s success in robotic surgery research and innovation.
iHuman
UK urged to lead brain-machine interface technology by Imperial-led report
A Royal Society report, led by Imperial experts, has urged the UK Government to take the lead on tech that merges brain, body and machine.
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Prosthetic tech
Electrodes in remaining arms give amputees better control of prosthetics
Vienna and Imperial College London scientists implanted electrodes in amputees’ stumps for better prosthetic control - with promising results.
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Helping hand
Could extra finger ‘birth defect’ provide blueprint for robotic extra limbs?
New research on two people born with extra fingers has shown how the brain adapts to the workload imposed by more digits.
Hamlyn Symposium 2019
Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (23rd – 26th June 2019)
12th annual Hamlyn Symposium announcing key programme highlights plus Clinical Leaders’ Forum
Medical Robotics Review
Frontiers of Medical Robotics: From Concept to Systems to Clinical Translation
The Hamlyn Centre research team outlines the development and a future look of robots for minimally invasive interventions.
Medicine among conflict
Running a hospital in a warzone
Special guest Dr Tom Catena speaks at Imperial on how he saves lives amid oppression, war and conflict.
