Technology
Our devices are developed in close collaboration with leading physicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital. This ensures that our solutions address the real clinical needs of medical practitioners and we represent an evolution, rather than revolution, in clinical practice -- our smart tools integrate seamlessly with current procedural work flows, providing assistance only where the practitioners encounter physical limitations. The doctor remains in complete control and is responsible for determining the instruments' positions via intuitive image-based point-and-click interfaces. Our robotic systems are designed with lightweight plastic components and small actuators and they secure directly to the patient. Thus we offer easy to use, safe and highly functional tools that benefit patients, physicians and hospitals.
Robopsy System
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Dr. Gupta explains the benefits of the Robopsy System
Publications
- A. Seitel, et al, “Development and evaluation of a new image-based user interface for robot-assisted needle placements with the Robopsy system,” Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging: Visualization, Image-guided Procedures and Modeling, 2009, 72610X.
- L. Maier-Hein, et al, “Human vs. robot operator error in a needle-based
navigation system for percutaneous liver interventions,” Proceedings of the SPIE Medical Imaging: Visualization, Image-guided Procedures and Modeling, 2009, 72610Y. - Walsh, N.C. Hanumara, A.H. Slocum, J. Shepard, R. Gupta, “A Patient Mounted, Telerobotic Tool for CT Guided Percutaneous Interventions,” ASME Journal of Medical Devices, vol. 2, iss. 1, 011007, Mar. 2008.
- N.C. Hanumara, et al, “Human Factors Design for Intuitive Operation of a Low-cost, Image-Guided, Tele-Robotic Biopsy Assistant,” Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, 2007, pp. 1250-1267.
- C.J. Walsh, et. al, "Evaluation of a patient-mounted, remote needle guidance and insertion system for CT-guided, percutaneous lung biopsies," Proceedings of BioMed 2007, BioMed2007-38080.
- A.H. Slocum, et al, "A Remote Needle Guidance System for Percutaneous Biopsies,” Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, 2005, DETC2005-85387.
