Magnetically actuated continuum medical robots: A review

Z Yang, H Yang, Y Cao, Y Cui… - Advanced intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The magnetic field has unique advantages in manipulating miniature robots working inside
the human body, such as high transparency to biological tissue and good controllability for …

[HTML][HTML] Remote vascular interventional surgery robotics: A literature review

Y Zhao, Z Mei, X Luo, J Mao, Q Zhao… - Quantitative Imaging in …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vascular interventional doctors are exposed to radiation hazards during surgery and endure
high work intensity. Remote vascular interventional surgery robotics is a hot research field …

Magnetic continuum robot with intraoperative magnetic moment programming

Y Cao, Z Yang, B Hao, X Wang, M Cai, Z Qi, B Sun… - Soft …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Magnetic continuum robots (MCRs), which are free of complicated structural designs for
transmission, can be miniaturized and are therefore widely used in the medical field …

Ultrasound-guided wired magnetic microrobot with active steering and ejectable tip

Z Yang, L Yang, M Zhang, N Xia… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interventional therapy is popular in modern surgical procedures for the treatment of vascular
diseases. However, it remains challenging to smoothly steer the guidewire/catheter into …

Redundant electromagnetic control of an endoscopic magnetic capsule driven by multiple electromagnets configuration

J Kim, HS Lee, MC Hoang, S Jeong… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present a novel stationary electromagnetic actuation system (EMS) and a
redundant magnetic field control approach that can enhance the magnetic actuation ability …

Magnetic navigation system composed of dual permanent magnets for accurate position and posture control of a capsule endoscope

S Kim, S Bae, W Lee, G Jang - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We developed a magnetic navigation system (MNS) composed of a magnetic field control
part and a robot arm part to precisely control the position and posture of a capsule …

Flexible needle steering with tethered and untethered actuation: Current states, targeting errors, challenges and opportunities

M Lu, Y Zhang, CM Lim, H Ren - Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2023 - Springer
Accurate needle targeting is critical for many clinical procedures, such as transcutaneous
biopsy or radiofrequency ablation of tumors. However, targeting errors may arise, limiting the …

Kinematic analysis of multi-section opposite magnetic catheter robots with solution multiplicity

D Lin, N Li, N Jiao, Z Wang, L Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic catheter robots have great potential for application in minimally invasive surgical
interventions that require submillimeter soft catheters to be inserted into the body. Compared …

Selective motion control of a novel magnetic-driven minirobot with targeted drug sustained-release function

Z Wang, S Guo, J Guo, Q Fu, L Zheng… - … ASME Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose a novel magnetic-actuated multimodule drug sustained-release
minirobot (DSM) manipulated by an external rotating electromagnetic field. The structure of …

How AI and robotics will advance interventional radiology: narrative review and future perspectives

J Zhang, J Fang, Y Xu, G Si - Diagnostics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics has led to significant
progress in various medical fields including interventional radiology (IR). This review …