From miniature to nano robots for diagnostic and therapeutic applications

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1954-1957

  Menciassi, Arianna ^a,b   Sinibaldi, Edoardo ^b   Pensabene, Virginia ^b   Dario, Paolo ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FIBER-OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HIGH PRECISION; HUMAN BODIES; INVASIVENESS; MICRO ROBOTICS; NANO ROBOTS; NANOTOOLS; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC TOOLS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICINE; MERGING; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BIOLOGY;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MINIATURIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650953294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627629     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. R.H. Taylor, D. Stoianovici, "Medical robotics in computer integrated surgery", IEEE Trans. Robot. Autom. 19, 765-781 (2003).
2. S. Tamaz, A. Chanu, J.-B. Mathieu, R. Gourdeau, and S. Martel, "Real-time MRI-based control of a ferromagnetic core for endovascular navigation," IEEE Trans. on Biomed. Eng., 55,7, 1854-1863 (2008).
3. A. Van Gossum et al., "Capsule Endoscopy versus Colonoscopy for the Detection of Polyps and Cancer", N. Engl. J. Med., 361, 264-70 (2009).
4. M. Simi, P. Valdastri, C. Quaglia, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, "Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Capsule with Hybrid Locomotion for Gastrointestinal Tract Exploration", submitted to the IEEE ASME Trans. on Mechatronics (2009).
5. A. C. Lehman, M. E. Rentschler, S. M. Farritor and D. Oleynikov, "The current state of miniature in vivo laparoscopic robotics," Journal of Robotic Surgery, 1, 45-49 (2007).
6. "The ares (assembling reconfigurable endoluminal surgical system)," Project Website http://www.ares-nest.org, 2006.
7. T. Fukuda, S.Nakagawa, Y.Kawauchi, M. Buss, "Self Organizing Robots Based on Cell Structures - CKBOT," IEEE Int. Workshop on Intelligent Robots, 145-150 (1988).
8. M. Yim, W. Shen, B. Salemi, D. Rus, M. Moll, H. Lipson, E. Klavins, and G. Chirikjian,"Modular self-reconfigurable robot systems [Grand Challenges of Robotics]," IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 14, 1, 865-872 (2007).
9. S. Murata and H. Kurokawa, "Self-reconfigurable robots," IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 71-78 (2007).
10. T. Fujie, Y. Okamura, S. Takeoka. Adv. Mater. 19, 3549-3553, 2007.
11. J. S. Mohammed, M. A. DeCoster, M. J. McShane. Langmuir 14, 22, 6, 2738-2746, 2006.
12. V. Pensabene, T. Fujie, V. Mattoli, A. Menciassi, S. Takeoka, P. Dario, "Magnetic nanofilm adhesion to mucosal tissue", IEEE NANO Conference (2009).
13. G. Ciofani, V. Raffa, J. Yu, Y. Chen, Y. Obata, S. Takeoka, A. Menciassi, A. Cuschieri, "Boron nitride nanotubes: a novel vector for targeted magnetic drug delivery", Curr. Nanosci. 5, 33 (2009).
14. G. Ciofani, V. Raffa, A. Menciassi, A. Cuschieri, "Boron nitride nanotubes: an innovative tool for nanomedicine", Nano Today 4, 8 (2009).