E. Vander Poorten — accepted AI-conference papers

2015

Fluidic actuation for intra-operative in situ imaging

A. Devreker, B. Rosa, A. Desjardins, E.J. Alles, L.C. Garcia-Peraza, E. Maneas +7

IROS 2015poster

A novel fluidic actuation system has been developed for in situ imaging of anatomic tissues. The actuator consists of a micromachined superelastic tool guide driven by a pair of pneumatic artificial muscles. Two additional working channels allow easy interchange of instruments or sensing equipment.…

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2015

Intuitive teleoperation of active catheters for endovascular surgery

B. Rosa, A. Devreker, H. De Praetere, C. Gruijthuijsen, S. Portoles-Diez, A. Gijbels +4

IROS 2015poster

Advances in miniature surgical instrumentation are key to less invasive and safer medical interventions. In cardiovascular procedures interventionalists turn towards catheter-based interventions, treating patients considered unfit for classical more invasive approaches. Improvements in design and st…

Cited by 23 Source ↗Scholar ↗