With the aim of developing miniaturized enzymatic biosensors suitable for in vitro diagnostic
applications, such as monitoring of metabolites at single cell level, glucose and lactate …

Objective: Surgeons have no direct objective feedback on cochlear-implant electrode array
(EA) positioning during insertion, yet optimal hearing outcomes are contingent on placing …

Precision medicine for inner-ear disease is hampered by the absence of a methodology to
sample inner-ear fluid atraumatically. The round window membrane (RWM) is an attractive …

Background Cochlear‐implant electrode arrays (EAs) are currently inserted with limited
feedback, and impedance sensing has recently shown promise for EA localisation. Methods …

Purpose During traditional insertion of cochlear implant (CI) electrode arrays (EAs),
surgeons rely on limited tactile feedback and visualization of the EA entering the cochlea to …

Robot-assisted cochlear implant (CI) surgery is a new research area that emerged in the last
decade. The goal of robotic assistance is to improve patient hearing outcomes through …

The focus of this dissertation is on the advancement of the tools and techniques used in
cochlear-implant (CI) electrode array (EA) insertion to enable improved insertions that will …

Objective: Conventional cochlear implants provide patients who are deaf with hearing via
electrical intracochlear stimulations. Stimulation electrodes are inserted into the cochlea …

Flexible medical devices provide many advantages over their rigid counterparts. In the
surgical realm, where applying too much force in the wrong place can have catastrophic …

A doença de Alzheimer (DA) é uma desordem progressiva e irreversível considerada a
forma mais comum de demência na população idosa. A principal linha de tratamento é …