Science robotics
Sep 20, 2023
The use of needles to access sites within organs is fundamental to many interventional medical procedures both for diagnosis and treatment. Safely and accurately navigating a needle through living tissue to a target is currently often challenging or ...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Aug 16, 2023
Microneedle puncture is a standard minimally invasive treatment and surgical method, which is widely used in extracting blood, tissues, and their secretions for pathological examination, needle-puncture-directed drug therapy, local anaesthesia, micro...
European radiology experimental
Jun 19, 2023
BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, robot-assisted, and ultrasound (US)-guided interventional radiology has the potential to increase the efficacy and cost-efficiency of interventional procedures while improving postsurgical outcomes an...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Apr 14, 2023
PURPOSE: A robotic assistive device is developed for needle-based percutaneous interventions. The aim is a hybrid system using both manual and actuated robotic operation in order to obtain a device that has a large workspace but can still fit in the ...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Mar 1, 2023
BACKGROUND: This study aims to develop a venipuncture robot to replace manual venipuncture to ease the heavy workload, lower the risk of 2019-nCoV infection, and boost venipuncture success rates.
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
Feb 17, 2023
UNLABELLED: Steerable needles have the potential for accurate needle tip placement even when the optimal path to a target tissue is curvilinear, thanks to their ability to steer, which is an essential function to avoid piercing through vital anatomic...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Feb 6, 2023
PURPOSE: Accurate needle placement into the target point is critical for ultrasound interventions like biopsies and epidural injections. However, aligning the needle to the thin plane of the transducer is a challenging issue as it leads to the decay ...
International journal of pharmaceutics
Feb 6, 2023
The objective of the present study was to fabricate microneedles for delivering lipophilic active ingredients (APIs) using digital light processing (DLP) printing technology and quality by design (QbD) supplemented by artificial intelligence (AI) alg...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jan 11, 2023
In the context of COVID-19, the research on various aspects of the venipuncture robot field has become increasingly hot, but there has been little research on robotic needle insertion angles, primarily performed at a rough angle. This will increase t...
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE
Dec 15, 2022
A flexible needle has emerged as a crucial clinical technique in contemporary medical practices, particularly for minimally invasive interventions. Its applicability spans diverse surgical domains such as brachytherapy, cardiovascular surgery, neuros...