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Seminar at GeorgiaTech
Sep. 8, 2013—September 4, 2013. Pietro Valdastri was invited to give the talk “Magnetic capsule robots for gastrointestinal endoscopy and abdominal surgery” at GeorgiaTech, within the Robotics and Intelligent Machines Seminar Series.
BROAD Foundation grant to develop safer colonoscopy
Aug. 29, 2013—Aug 8, 2013. The proposal “Development and pre-clinical validation of a soft-tethered endoscopic robot to replace colonoscopy” has been approved for funding by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation within the Broad Medical Research Program. The project will start on October 1st, 2013 and will last one year.
Brennan Steele won First Place at the Student Research Symposium organized by the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach
Jul. 15, 2013—July 12, 2013. Brennan Steele presented the poster “Tablet Technology to Improve Colonoscopy” by B. A. Steele, C. S. Bell, K. L. Obstein, P. Valdastri at the Student Research Symposium organized at Vanderbilt University by the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach. The organizing committee selected Brennan’s poster out of a total of 52 posters for...
Seminar at the Modular Surgical Robotics PhD Course, Politecnico di Milano
Jul. 15, 2013—July 2, 2013. Pietro Valdastri presented “Magnetic capsule robots for gastrointestinal endoscopy and abdominal surgery” at the PhD Course on Modular Surgical Robotics organized by the NEAR Lab in the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Wireless Tissue Palpation presented at TRANSDUCERS 2013
Jul. 15, 2013—June 19, 2013. Pietro Valdastri was invited to give the talk “Wireless Tissue Palpation to Guide Tumor Resection in Minimally Invasive Surgery” at the Medical Microsystems session at TRANSDUCERS 2013 conference in Barcelona, Spain.
STORM Lab at DDW 2013
May. 30, 2013—May 17, 2013. The STORM Lab presented three posters and one lecture at Digestive Disease Week 2013 in Orlando, FL. The STORM Lab team at DDW was composed by Marco, Ines, Keith and Pietro. Here Pietro explaning Christian’s magnetic localization poster.
Top 10 Abstract at the Engineering and Urology Society 2013 Meeting
May. 30, 2013—May 3, 2013. The abstract “Fine tilt tuning of a laparoscopic camera by local magnetic actuation: Two-Port Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Experience on Human Cadavers” by R. Pickens, M. Simi, A. Menciassi, S. D. Herrell, P. Valdastri has been nominated in the Top 10 Abstract at the Engineering and Urology Society 2013 Meeting, in Sand Diego, CA.
Wireless Tissue Palpation presented at IEEE ICRA 2013
May. 30, 2013—May 7, 2013. The paper “Wireless Tissue Palpation: Proof of Concept for a Single Degree of Freedom” by M. Beccani, C. Di Natali, M. E. Rentschler, P. Valdastri, was presented by P. Valdastri at IEEE ICRA 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Partnership with Given Imaging Ltd
Apr. 12, 2013—STORM Lab is glad to announce a new partnership with Given Imaging Ltd, worldwide leader in wireless capsule endoscopy, for the study of enabling technologies for the next generation of gastrointestinal capsule endoscopes.
STORM Lab Poster at DMD 2013
Apr. 12, 2013—April 10, 2013. The poster “Proof of Concept of Wireless Tissue Palpation in Abdominal Surgery” by Marco Beccani, Christian Di Natali, Mark Rentschler, Pietro Valdastri was presented at the ASME Design of Medical Devices 2013 conference in Minneapolis, MN.