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Recent progress in medical miniature robots : from bench to bedside /

This book, 'Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots: From Bench to Bedside,' edited by Li Zhang, Philip Wai Yan Chiu, and Kai Fung Chan, offers a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in medical microrobotics. It explores the development, design, and applications of miniatu...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Zhang, Li, Chiu, Philip Wai Yan, Chan, Kai Fung
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Academic Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Robotics in medicine.
Robotique en médecine.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots: From Bench to Bedside
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • About the editors
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Flow-assisted and flow-driven endovascular medical instruments
  • 1. History of endovascular medical procedures
  • 2. From diagnosis to therapy
  • 3. Toward miniaturization
  • 4. Flow-assisted microcatheters
  • 5. Flow-driven navigation
  • 6. Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Magnetically controlled continuum miniature robot
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Development of magnetic navigation system
  • 2.1. Permanent magnet-based system
  • 2.2. Electromagnetic system
  • 2.3. MRI-based system
  • 3. Development of magnetic continuum robot
  • 3.1. Commercial magnetic catheter
  • 3.2. Submillimeter magnetic continuum robot
  • 3.3. Material and structure optimization
  • 3.4. Functional structure
  • 4. Modeling and control method
  • 4.1. Model-free control method
  • 4.1.1. Remote operation
  • 4.1.2. Model-free automatic control