Medical robotics is an interdisciplinary field that came into existence to improve medical
procedures utilizing robotics technology. Medical robotics range from minimally invasive …

Tissue cutting is a primary procedure in medical surgeries, during which waterjet machining
is increasingly used for tissue dissection, ablation and removal because it induces the least …

Cutting is an imperative operation in the food‐manufacturing factory, separating food into a
predefined geometry. A broad range of solid foods, with various components, textures, and …

The use of waterjet technology is now prevalent in medical applications including surgery,
soft tissue resection, bone cutting, waterjet steerable needles, and wound debridement. The …

To investigate the usage of a water jet for enamel drilling ex vivo, 210 individual extracted
molars without lesions or fillings were collected. Then, the specimens were drilled by a water …

Spinal cord is enveloped by three layers of meninges to protect the central nervous system
from mechanical damage. Surgical operation and resection of tumors in the vicinity of spinal …

Steerable needles are a type of medical devices that can steer around obstacles to reach to
a target location and thus can improve the accuracy of medical procedures. Radius-of …

Steerable needle technology has the promise of improving outcomes by enhancing the
accuracy of different therapies and biopsies, as they can be steered to a target location …

Abstract Characterization and modeling of the mechanical behavior of biological tissues are
critical to many biomedical related applications. For research and development, various soft …

Waterjet machining (WJM) is an advanced material removal process where the material is
removed by high velocity stream of water either with or without abrasive mixture depending …