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Summary The Disposable Endoscope with Intrinsic Pneumatic Actuation (DEIPA) is a self-contained device intended for rapid diagnosis of the UGI tract. It consists of a user interface with a continuum manipulator architecture, steerable tip using parallel bellow actuators, and flexible multi channels catheter. The DEIPA is low-cost (< 80 GBP),...

Published: 8/28/2025 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Medical Devices

Steerable Needles: A Better Turning Radius with Less Tissue Damage

Summary A team of Vanderbilt engineers and surgeons have developed a new steerable needle that can make needle based biopsy and therapy delivery more accurate. A novel flexure-based tip design provides enhanced steerability while simultaneously minimizing tissue damage. The present device is useful for almost any needle-based procedure including biopsy,...

Published: 8/28/2025 | Inventor(s): Philip Swaney, Robert Webster

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Category(s): Medical Devices, Robotics

Continuum Robots with Equilibrium Modulation (CREM)

Summary The A.R.M.A. Laboratory of Vanderbilt University has developed a novel continuum robot design enabling multi-scale motion at the macro and micro scale. The unique design allows miniaturization with minimal added cost thereby potentially giving rise to a new generation of surgical robots capable of both macro-motion for surgical intervention...

Published: 8/28/2025 | Inventor(s):

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Transoral Lung Access Device

Summary Transoral lung access is preferable to traditional needle based access due to the lower risk of lung collapse. However present bronchoscope-based devices enable access to only a small portion of the lung. The present device is a robotic image-guided bronchoscope to navigate the airway under closed-loop control to the target. IT is designed...

Published: 8/28/2025 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Medical Devices

MRI COIL ARRAY ENABLING FOCUSED ULTRASOUND OUTSIDE THE MRI ENVIRONMENT

Summary This technology pairs a novel coil design with patient-specific stereotactic frames for precise delivery of focused ultrasound (FUS) during neuromodulation therapies. This innovative methodology enables patients to receive therapy while outside the MR environment and significantly increases the precision of noninvasive neuromodulation techniques,...

Published: 8/8/2025 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Imaging

Multimodal Data Collection System to Predict Imminent Precursors of Problematic Behaviors and Associated App for Displaying Data

Summary Vanderbilt researchers led by Dr. Nilanjan Sarkar have invented a multimodal data capture system that gathers multi-sensory data from children and their ground-truth affective states to build a machine learning model yielding individualized profiles in accordance to the interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis (IISCA). Addressed...

Published: 6/20/2025 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Pediatrics

Category(s): Health Care IT, Computer Science & Communications, Medical Devices

Perceptive catheter system for thrombus retrieval and aneurysm embolization

Summary During catheter-based treatments, surgeons are hampered by the limited sensory awareness of microcatheters as they move through small, fragile, and mobile blood vessels. This lack of perception leads to a success rate of 25% in achieving complete reperfusion in a single attempt. The proposed system provides quantitative feedback on distance...

Published: 5/7/2025 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Medical Devices, Robotics

Wireless soft robots for in vivo mucus property measurement

Summary The material properties of mucus, such as viscosity and pH, provide information about the well-being of various organ systems. To improve accessibility to mucus sites from throughout the body and increase the validity of measurements, Vanderbilt researchers have developed a wireless millimeter-scale soft robot for direct and accurate mucus sensing...

Published: 12/19/2024 | Inventor(s):

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Silicone Airway Stent with Wirelessly Actuated Cilia for Mucus Removal

Summary Various widespread diseases associated with airway constriction can be combatted using airway stents. However, such stents are either prone to clogging themselves or tend to invade neighboring tissue. Vanderbilt engineers have developed a technology that avoids both of these pitfalls by combining the use of tissue-friendly silicone with active...

Published: 5/29/2025 | Inventor(s):

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Head Motion Correction with Soft Pressure Pad for MRI Scans

Addressed Need Head motion remains a major challenge during medical imaging scans, particularly in pediatric and older patient populations. Motion impacts diagnostic image quality, costing both time and money in the clinical setting. In research, motion artifacts can introduce errors into quantitative measurements, especially in high-resolution or...

Published: 9/24/2024 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Imaging

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