4 accepted papers
Colonoscopy demands multi-finger coordinated motion to achieve safe navigation. As a result, training for colonoscopists is challenging and skill assessment currently relies on subjective scoring by expert proctors. There is a need to provide tools for skill assessment and aid with training new inte…
Injections into specific retinal layers of the eye present a serious challenge to surgeons in terms of accuracy and perception. The emergence of new gene therapies further emphasizes the need for effective tools for localized drug delivery. Unlike the dominant approach of delivering drugs via a tran…
While in the design phase of a robotic system for the procedures performed in surgical confined spaces or hard-to-reach-deep surgical fields, designers can leverage a systematic method to compare the design alternatives for tele-surgical manipulators quantitatively. Unlike most of the work in the li…
Cricothyrotomy is a life-saving emergency intervention that secures an alternate airway route after a neck injury or obstruction. The procedure starts with identifying the correct location (the cricothyroid membrane) for creating an incision to insert an endotracheal tube. This location is determine…