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Mechatronics in Medicine

Head of Group

Prof Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena

B415C Bessemer Building

South Kensington Campus

About us

The MIM Lab develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures.

Twitter/X: @MIMLab_Robotics
Youtube: Mechatronics in Medicine Lab

What we do

The Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures including neuro, cardiovascular, orthopaedic surgeries, and colonoscopies. Examples include bio-inspired catheters that can navigate along complex paths within the brain (such as EDEN2020), soft robots to explore endoluminal anatomies (such as the colon), and virtual reality solutions to support surgeons during knee replacement surgeries.

Why it is important?

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How can it benefit patients?

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Meet the team

Mr Ayhan Aktas
Casual - Student demonstrator - lower rate

Dr Daniel Bautista Salinas
Research Associate

Dr Kaiwen Chen
Research Associate

Mr Zejian Cui
Research Postgraduate

Mr Connor Daly
Research Postgraduate

Emeritus Professor Brian L Davies FREng
Emeritus Professor

Mr Zhaoyang Jacopo Hu
Research Postgraduate

Dr Hisham M Iqbal
Research Associate

Mr Alex Ranne
Research Postgraduate

Professor Ferdinando M Rodriguez y Baena
Co-Director of Hamlyn Centre, Professor of Medical Robotics

Dr Jialei Shi
Research Associate

Mr Spyridon Souipas
Casual - Other work

Ms Emilia Zari
Research Postgraduate

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Jakopec:2001,
author = {Jakopec, M and Harris, SJ and Rodriguez, y Baena F and Gomes, P and Cobb, J and Davies, BL},
journal = {Computer Aided Surgery},
pages = {329--339},
title = {The first clinical application of a "Hands-On" robotic knee surgery system},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11954064},
volume = {6},
year = {2001}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The performance of a novel "hands-on" robotic system for total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is evaluated. An integrated robotic system for accurately machining the bone surfaces in TKR surgery is described. Details of the system, comprising an "active constraint" robot, called Acrobot, a "gross positioning" robot, and patient clamps, are provided. The intraoperative protocol and the preoperative, CT-based, planning system are also described. A number of anatomical registration and cutting trials, using plastic bones, are described, followed by results from two preliminary clinical trials, which demonstrate the accuracy achieved in the anatomical registration. Finally, the first clinical trial is described, in which the results of the anatomical registration and bone cutting are seen to be of high quality. The Acrobot system has been successfully used to accurately register and cut the knee bones in TKR surgery. This demonstrates the great potential of a "hands-on" robot for improving accuracy and increasing safety in surgery.
AU  - Jakopec,M
AU  - Harris,SJ
AU  - Rodriguez,y Baena F
AU  - Gomes,P
AU  - Cobb,J
AU  - Davies,BL
EP  - 339
PY  - 2001///
SN  - 1092-9088
SP  - 329
TI  - The first clinical application of a "Hands-On" robotic knee surgery system
T2  - Computer Aided Surgery
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11954064
VL  - 6
ER  -