Magnetically actuated continuum medical robots: A review

Z Yang, H Yang, Y Cao, Y Cui… - Advanced intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The magnetic field has unique advantages in manipulating miniature robots working inside
the human body, such as high transparency to biological tissue and good controllability for …

Vision-based personalized wireless capsule endoscopy for smart healthcare: taxonomy, literature review, opportunities and challenges

K Muhammad, S Khan, N Kumar, J Del Ser… - Future Generation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) is a patient-friendly approach for digestive
tract monitoring to support medical experts towards identifying any anomaly inside human's …

Capsule robot for gut microbiota sampling using shape memory alloy spring

M Rehan, I Al‐Bahadly, DG Thomas… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Human gut microbiota can provide lifelong health information and even
influence mood and behaviour. We currently lack the tools to obtain a microbial sample …

A composite electro-permanent magnetic actuator for microrobot manipulation

KT Nguyen, HS Lee, J Kim, E Choi, JO Park… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The properties of conventionally utilized magnetic cores limit the generation of a strong
controllable magnetic force for the manipulation of micro-/nanorobots. This study proposes a …

Meandering pattern 433 MHz antennas for ingestible capsules

MJ Christoe, N Phaoseree, J Han, A Michael… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A number of design challenges are associated with in-body devices, especially ingestible
capsules, including selection of operation frequency and antenna design. Operation …

Next-generation ingestible devices: sensing, locomotion and navigation

FN Alsunaydih, MR Yuce - Physiological Measurement, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
There is significant interest in exploring the human body's internal activities and measuring
important parameters to understand, treat and diagnose the digestive system environment …

Towards capsule endoscope locomotion in large volumes: design, fuzzy modeling, and testing

F Peker, MA Beşer, E Işıldar, Y Terzioğlu, AC Erten… - Robotica, 2024 - cambridge.org
We present the design and deployment of a capsule endoscope via external electromagnets
for locomotion in large volumes alongside its digital twin implementation based on interval …

A navigation and pressure monitoring system toward autonomous wireless capsule endoscopy

FN Alsunaydih, MS Arefin, JM Redoute… - IEEE Sensors …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuous navigation information for medical insertion methods including wireless capsule
endoscopy is an important feature to guide a medical instrument/object to the targeted …

Implementing an Autonomous Navigation System for Active Wireless Capsule Endoscopy

MA Ali, FN Alsunaydih, A Rathnayaka… - IEEE Sensors …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work proposes an accurate navigation mechanism for active wireless capsule
endoscopy (WCE). The proposed system collects data on the pressure experienced by a …

Multi-objective design optimization of electromagnetic coil for effective actuation of magnetic endocapsule devices

B Nallabothula, SN Unni - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2024 - Elsevier
Magnetic actuation with cylindrical electromagnetic coils is an upcoming technology due to
its straightforward design and adaptability for magnetic endocapsule control in the …