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Current engineering developments for robotic systems in flexible endoscopy [PDF]

, 2022
The past four decades have seen an increase in the incidence of early-onset gastrointestinal cancer. Because early-stage cancer detection is vital to reduce mortality rate, mass screening colonoscopy provides the most effective prevention strategy ...
Alian, Amirhosein, Alian, A, Mylonas, G, Franco, Enrico, Avery, James P, Lo, Benny, Benny Lo, Runciman, M, Enrico Franco, Emilia Zari, Wang, Z, Rodriguez y Baena, Ferdinando, Lo, B, Avery, J P, Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, George Mylonas, Zeyu Wang, Wang, Zeyu, Franco, E, Zari, Emilia, Mylonas, George, Runciman, Mark, Rodriguez y Baena, F, Amirhosein Alian, Zari, E, James P. Avery, Mark Runciman   +26 more
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Dual‐Functional Ingestible Passive Capsules for High‐Throughput Intestinal Sampling with Sealed Containment and Targeted Drug Delivery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
To address challenges in high‐throughput intestinal sampling with sealed containment and target drug delivery, we developed a dual‐functional ingestible passive capsule with a dual‐triggered control system based on pH‐response and mechanical actuation.
Libing Huang, Houyu Ling, Xizong Chen, Yufei Duan, Yu Liu, Shuntian Cai, Yandan Ren, Wenlong Li, Lei Ren, Miao Wang   +9 more
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Endoscopic approach to eosinophilic esophagitis: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Consensus Conference

, 2022
Endoscopy plays a critical role in caring for and evaluating the patient with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Endoscopy is essential for diagnosis, assessment of response to therapy, treatment of esophageal strictures, and ongoing monitoring of patients ...
Alex Straumann, Moawad, F., Evan S. Dellon, Prateek Sharma, Sharma, Prateek, Arjan J. Bredenoord, Baron, T.H., Hirano, Ikuo, Aceves, S.S., Lucendo, A.J., Peterson, K.A., McBride, D.L., Furuta, Glenn T., Alain M. Schoepfer, Kathryn A. Peterson, Furuta, G.T., Peterson, Kathryn A., Fouad Moawad, Aceves, Seema S., Sharma, P., Philip E. Putnam, Falk, Gary W., Lukejohn Day, Baron, Todd H., Konda, Vani J. A., Nirmala Gonsalves, Deborah L. McBride, Glenn T. Furuta, Dellon, E.S., Day, L., Moawad, Fouad, Straumann, A., Joel Richter, Gary W. Falk, Lucendo, Alfredo J., Seema S. Aceves, David A. Katzka, Todd H. Baron, Bredenoord, Arjan J., Vani J.A. Konda, Richter, Joel, Katzka, D.A., Gonsalves, Nirmala, McBride, Deborah L., Katzka, David A., Straumann, Alex, Richter, J., Bredenoord, A.J., Ikuo Hirano, Putnam, Philip E., Jeffrey A. Alexander, Putnam, P.E., Schoepfer, Alain M., Hirano, I., Alexander, J.A., Gonsalves, N., Schoepfer, A.M., Alexander, Jeffrey A., Konda, VJA, Day, Lukejohn, Falk, G.W., Alfredo J. Lucendo, Dellon, Evan S.   +62 more
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Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
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Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanbiao Ma, Zhiqiang Tang, Qianqian Wang   +4 more
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A Western single-center experience with endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastrointestinal cancers [PDF]

, 2010
06/03/14 meb. Accepted author manuscript, OK to add.Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) has gained worldwide acceptance as a treatment for Early Gastrointestinal Cancers (EGICs).
Coda, Sergio, Takuji Gotoda, d'Amati, Giulia, Negro, Paolo, Trentino, Paolo, Franco Ruberto, Barbara Porowska, Porowska, Barbara, Paolo Negro, Francesco Gossetti, Ruberto, Franco, Sergio Coda, Pugliese, Francesco, Fabio Antonellis, Giulia d’Amati, Gossetti, Francesco, Francesco Pugliese, Antonellis, Fabio, Gotoda, Takuji, Paolo Trentino   +19 more
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin, Jimin Kim, Inho Kim, Bong Hoon Kim   +3 more
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A Synergistic Hydrogel‐Microalgae Platform for Dual‐Targeting of Intestinal and Neuroimmune Dysfunction in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A bioactive hydrogel incorporating Chlorella vulgaris and paeoniflorin within a carboxymethyl chitosan/sodium alginate matrix cross‐linked with genipin is developed for inflammatory bowel disease therapy. The hydrogel exhibits gastric stability and intestine‐responsive release.
Jing Lu, Kangyu Jin, Bing Chen, Ruoxi Wang, Fengling Hu, Shaohua Hu, Danni Zhong, Xiaoming Li, Min Zhou   +8 more
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Transferable Deep Reinforcement Learning With Edge‐Contour‐Depth Fusion for Autonomous Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Navigation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents an anatomical landmark‐guided DRL framework for autonomous wireless capsule endoscopy navigation. Using a lightweight edge‐contour‐depth fusion module, it achieves over 97% coverage across diverse gastric anatomies. To ensure reliability, a two‐stage sim‐to‐real pipeline with an adaptive dynamic programming controller mitigates ...
Haoxuan Wu, Haitao Gao, Qingyang Liu, Sishen Yuan, Haiyang Fang, Mingwu Su, Baijia Liang, Yongzun Yang, Long Bai, Wenzhen Dong, Dihong Xie, Shijian Su, Jiewen Lai, Shing Shin Cheng, Zhen Li, Xiuli Zuo, Hongliang Ren   +16 more
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