Sponsors

Summer 2014 - Summer 2016 . In this proposed project, the Altrus-II single heater vessel sealing device will be optimized based on our knowledge of applied pressure and intraluminal temperature requirements for effective tissue bonding. Our main goal is to minimize time and keep input energy within threshold to limit...

Fall 2013 - Fall 2015 . The objective of this EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) project is to to understand the design practices of contemporary engineering workplace and to understand how the design process is organized. A related purpose is to understand how professional practices relate to nominally similar...

Spring 2014 - Spring 2015 . The specific goal of this method is to develop a workable device for controlled intracervical pressure application and sensitive real-time monitoring of passive and active cervical mechanical behavior. To assess the physical properties of the cervix, we need a device, method, and recording means...

Summer 2013 - Fall 2014 . Tissue fusion device success is contingent upon the strength of the bond it creates between opposing sides of the blood vessel lumen. While strength may indicate potential for failure of bonded tissues in vivo, little characterization has been done to measure the strength of...

Fall 2013 - Fall 2014 . While various studies have reported on the use of CT based and Isocentric 3-D fluoroscopy based navigation, there is a paucity of data on the O-arm and Stealth system using navigated instruments. Thus, the purpose of this grant proposal is to study the accuracy...

Summer 2012 - Summer 2014 . This project aims to enable in vivo robotic mobility through the use of small capsule-sized robots equipped with bio-inspired micro-patterned treads. Our approach is unique in that it focuses on mobile, in vivo robotic surgical assistants that can operate within both the insufflated, or...

Fall 2010 - Summer 2013 . This project focuses on both modeling and experimental research. Modeling research will look at structural mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transport, with initial focus on structural mechanics and heat transfer. Experimental research will focus on measuring spatial and temporal heat profiles in the hand-piece...

Spring 2012 - Spring 2013 . While various studies have reported on the use of CT based and Isocentric 3-D fluoroscopy based navigation, there is a paucity of data on the O-arm and Stealth system using navigated instruments. Thus, the purpose of this grant proposal is to study the accuracy...

Spring 2011 - Fall 2011 . Minimally invasive surgery (MIS), where surgical tools are inserted into the body through small incisions, has recently moved in the direction of using small in vivo robotic devices. In vivo robots have a strong potential to make state-of-the-art MIS concepts, such as natural orifice...

Summer 2009 - Fall 2010 . We propose to investigate an entirely new approach for designing and developing in vivo mobile robotic devices for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and future natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) applications. The use of in vivo mobile robotic devices has a clear advantage over...