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Actively Deformable Cannulas for Stereotactic Neurosurgery

Aktiv krümmbare Kanülen für die stereotaktische Neurochirurgie

DFG
Uni Saarland TU Ilmenau UKS
Modeling and Simulation Mechatronics Clinic of Neurosurgery
Optimization-based Control

Project meetings

The partners have regular project meetings with alternating hosts as well as more frequent online meetings.

Past Meetings

  • 2021/07/26-27 - Kick-off meeting at Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes (UKS), Homburg [all partners]
  • 2022/01/06-07 - Meeting at UKS in Homburg [all partners]
  • 2022/02/02 - (Virtual) Meeting [all partners]
  • 2022/03/10-11 - Meeting at UKS Homburg to discuss the experimental setting for clinical trials
  • 2022/03/30 - Meeting at UKS Homburg to discuss the experimental setting for clinical trials
  • 2022/04/13 - First clinical trials on pig's brain at UKS Homburg
  • 2022/05/16-20 - Experimental setup at TU Ilmenau to evaluate precision of model and robot via photogrammetry system

Upcoming Meetings

  • 2022/05/23-24 - PI meeting at UKS Homburg

Presentations

Results achieved within the project are presented by the partners to a broad audiance at selected conferences.

Conference Talks (upcoming)

  • 2022/09/27-29 - P. Sauerteig
    Optimization-Based Path Planning in Stereotactic Neurosurgery using an Elastostatic Cannula Model
    MATHMOD 2022 in Vienna, Austria
  • 2022/06/29-30 - J. Mühlenhoff
    A manually actuated continuum robot research platform for deployable shape-memory curved cannulae in stereotactic neurosurgery
    ACTUATOR 2022 in Mannheim, Germany