Coping with medical microrobotics challenges: novel fabrication and imaging paradigms

Date

Apr 28, 2023

Time

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Speaker

Dr. Veronica Iacovacci

Affiliation

The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa

Language

en

Main Topic

Materialien

Host

Ines Firlle

Description

Medical micro- and nanorobots have been demonstrated for a variety of non-invasive biomedical applications. However, most of these demonstrations have been carried out in in vitro settings and under optical microscopy, being significantly different from the clinical practice. Better control and imaging are among the challenges to be faced to help microrobots meet clinical needs and perform real medical tasks. Grounding on this awareness, novel solutions for magnetic soft microrobots fabrication and imaging in tissues will be presented. In the first part of the talk, a novel printing method for soft microrobots with omnidirectional magnetization profile will be presented towards enhanced multimodal microrobots control. In the second part of the talk, the use of ultrasound acoustic phase analysis for microrobot imaging and tracking in tissues will be presented. This type of ultrasound imaging in combination with magnetic actuation will finally result in the closed-loop control of magnetic microrobots in realistic environments.

Links

• Seminars at the IFW

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