IEEE ICRA 2010 Full Day Workshop                                        Snakes, Worms and Catheters: Continuum and Serpentine Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery

 
 

9:00 am - 9:10 am – Welcome / Introduction


9:10 am - 9:50 am – Theme 1: Clinical and Systems Perspective


Russell Taylor, Johns Hopkins UniversityA Perspective on Flexible Robots for MIS


Joseph Madsen, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical SchoolEvolution of the Surgical Robot:  the Case for Slithering


9:50 am - 10:30 am – Theme 2: Clinical Challenges and Commercialization


Neal Tanner, Hansen Medical, Inc.Robotic Catheter-based Minimally Invasive Procedures: The Sensei X Case Study


Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon UniversityEnabling Medical Robotics for the Next Generation of Minimally Invasive Procedures


10:30 am - 10:50 am – Coffee Break


10:50 am - 11:30 am – Theme 2 (continued): Clinical Challenges and Commercialization


Cameron Riviere, Carnegie Mellon UniversityHeartLander: an Epicardial Crawling Robot for Beating-Heart Surgery


Pierre Dupont, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical SchoolConcentric Tube Robots – from Lab Bench to Operating Room


11:30 am - 12:45 pm – Poster Presentation


        One-minute poster teasers followed by poster viewing


12:45 pm - 2:00 pm – Lunch


2:00 pm - 3:00 pm – Theme 3: Technology

  

Nabil Simaan, Columbia University  – Robotic Technologies for NOTES, Single Port Access Surgery, and Minimally Invasive Surgery in Confined Spaces


Koji Ikuta, Nagoya UniversityFrom SMA Active Endoscope to Micro Catheter


Robert Webster, Vanderbilt UniversityModeling, shape sensing, image guidance, and therapeutic applicator integration: Enabling technologies for clinical continuum robots


3:00 pm - 3:20 pm – Theme 4: Control, Sensing and Imaging


Guang-Zhong Yang, Imperial CollegeReal-time in situ in vivo surgical sensing and imaging


3:20 pm - 3:50 pm – Coffee break


3:50 pm - 4:50 pm – Theme 4: Control, Sensing and Imaging (continued)


Rajni Patel, University of Western OntarioRobot-Assisted Active Catheter Control


David Camarillo; UCSF, Stanford and Hansen Medical, Inc. Control of Robotic Catheters for Cardiac Ablation


Mohsen Mahvash, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical SchoolActive Stiffness Control of Surgical Continuum Robots


4:50 pm - 5:50 pm – Discussion and Closing

 

Program

Monday May 3, 2010

Anchorage, Alaska USA