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Magnetic Control of a Microcatheter for Treating Glaucoma
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, according to the World Health Organization. We wish to investigate a new surgical method using magnetic control of a catheter for treating glaucoma.
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, according to the World Health Organization. It consists of damage to the optic nerve and is often attributed to increased eye pressure inside the eye.
A newer method for treating open-angle glaucoma is 360 degree canaloplasty. It involves decreasing eye pressure in a delicate surgical procedure by dilating the Schlemm canal, a circular drainage canal at the front of the eye, with a flexible microcatheter.
In our lab, we perform research on magnetic catheters, which can wirelessly be controlled using external magnetic fields. This allows for precise control and assistive automation of the surgical tool.
We would like to develop a proof-of-concept application of canaloplasty using robotic magnetic catheters. This would allow for easier and more effective surgery with less complications.
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, according to the World Health Organization. It consists of damage to the optic nerve and is often attributed to increased eye pressure inside the eye.
A newer method for treating open-angle glaucoma is 360 degree canaloplasty. It involves decreasing eye pressure in a delicate surgical procedure by dilating the Schlemm canal, a circular drainage canal at the front of the eye, with a flexible microcatheter.
In our lab, we perform research on magnetic catheters, which can wirelessly be controlled using external magnetic fields. This allows for precise control and assistive automation of the surgical tool.
We would like to develop a proof-of-concept application of canaloplasty using robotic magnetic catheters. This would allow for easier and more effective surgery with less complications.
- Literature research on existing approaches to glaucoma surgery.
- Design of a proof-of-concept microcatheter that can be fed through a 360 degree circular cannal, modeling the Schlemm cannal.
- Tracking of the through an ophthalmic microscope catheter using computer vision
- Image-guided magnetic control of the microcatheter.
Candidates should have some basic programming and control theory experience and be interested in medical robotics.
- Literature research on existing approaches to glaucoma surgery. - Design of a proof-of-concept microcatheter that can be fed through a 360 degree circular cannal, modeling the Schlemm cannal. - Tracking of the through an ophthalmic microscope catheter using computer vision - Image-guided magnetic control of the microcatheter.
Candidates should have some basic programming and control theory experience and be interested in medical robotics.