BACKGROUND: Subcutaneous port needle insertions are painful and distressing for children with cancer. The interactive MEDiPORT robot has been programmed to implement psychological strategies to decrease pain and distress during this procedure. This s...
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
Jan 4, 2018
Robotic percutaneous coronary interventions have recently been introduced in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Robotics offers benefits of greater precision for stent placement and occupational hazard protection for operators and staff. First g...
Vein access can be challenging for a variety of patients. The development of robots-assisted central or peripheral veins puncture would facilitate life of health professionals and patients. New robots are under development for this purpose and probab...
Needle entry site localization remains a challenge for procedures that involve lumbar puncture, for example, epidural anesthesia. To solve the problem, we have developed an image classification algorithm that can automatically identify the bone/inter...
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
Oct 1, 2025
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop and evaluate the SeptalPro system, a novel robotic platform designed to enhance the precision, safety, and efficiency of transseptal puncture (TSP) procedures by integrating real-time remote control and force se...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
With the demand for sophisticated techniques to easily prevent the deflection of needles, robotic CT (computed tomography)-guided puncture with an ultrafine needle is being investigated. Quantification of deflection is essential for accurate puncture...
The difficulties such as how to accurately locate acupoints and safely insert needles are presented in acupuncture robot. The puncture robot with high technological similarity to acupuncture robot is getting mature, and a large number of human trials...
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE
Mar 2, 2023
Percutaneous puncture is a common medical procedure that involves accessing an internal organ or tissue through the skin. Image guidance and surgical robots have been increasingly used to assist with percutaneous procedures, but the challenges and be...
BACKGROUND/AIM: The aim of this phantom study was to evaluate the learning curves of novices practicing how to place a cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-guided needle using a novel robotic assistance system (RAS).
Computer assisted surgery (Abingdon, England)
Dec 1, 2022
In the field of minimally invasive interventional therapy, the related research on the soft tissue puncture robot and its technology based on the flexible steerable needle as a research hot topic at present, and it has been developed rapidly in the p...
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