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Advanced Bronchoscopic Technologies for Biopsy of the Pulmonary Nodule: A 2021 Review
Diagnostics, 2021 The field of interventional pulmonology (IP) has grown from a fringe subspecialty utilized in only a few centers worldwide to a standard component in advanced medical centers. IP is increasingly recognized for its value in patient care and its ability to
Micah Z. Levine +5 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 +4 more
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Flexible bronchoscopy during mechanical ventilation. Why and why not
, 2022 Flexible bronchoscopy has been utilized in the intensive care units and in mechanically ventilated patients for many decades. The procedure is reasonably safe and has wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic benefits in patients undergoing mechanical ...
Kevin Benavente +6 more
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Robotic-assisted lung nodule diagnosis and resection
Frontiers in OncologyIn the care of lung cancer patients, early diagnosis followed by timely therapeutic procedures can have a significant impact on overall survival and patient anxiety.
Priya P. Patel +3 more
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Miniaturized Magnetic Tip Design for Endoluminal Vine Robot Navigation
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A magnetic tip mount is designed for a miniaturized 7 mm soft‐growing vine robot to enable wireless magnetic steering and onboard imaging, while preserving a 3 mm working channel. The internal–external ring magnets design balances magnetic attachment with low eversion pressure. Experiments demonstrate ±90° steering, 34 mm bending radius, and successful
Andrea Yanez Trujillo +4 more
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TrialsBackground Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy has recently emerged as an alternative to electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy for the evaluation of peripheral pulmonary lesions.
Rafael Paez +15 more
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Cerebral arterial air embolism complicating robotic guided lung biopsy: A call for vigilance
Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsFlexible bronchoscopy has been extensively studied and is associated with a relatively low incidence of mortality and morbidity. Robotic bronchoscopy, a more recent advancement, has demonstrated non-inferiority to transthoracic needle lung biopsy and ...
Marc Assaad +2 more
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Endoscopic Technologies for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions: From Diagnosis to Therapy
Life, 2023 Peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) are frequent incidental findings in subjects when performing chest radiographs or chest computed tomography (CT) scans.
Alberto Fantin +5 more
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Continuum Robots in Surgery: From Engineering Design to Clinical Practice
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.The hyper‐redundant nature of continuum robot structures enables near‐infinite degrees of freedom leading to immense potential for medical applications. This review provides a historical background of continuum robots and novel ideas shaping their progress to current structural design, sensing technology, modeling techniques, and control methods.
Griffin Smith +6 more
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A Transnasal Endoscope for Robotically Assisted Gastroscopy
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work introduces a 4.25 mm diameter magnetically navigated transnasal endoscope for upper gastrointestinal (GI) screening and intervention. The system enables precise remote steering throughout the upper GI tract and is demonstrated through in vitro and in vivo experiments, including the robotic execution of preprogrammed retroflexions, trans ...
Alexandre Mesot +6 more
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