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SUMMARY:HSMR21 Workshop- ‘Autonomous Intraluminal Navigation’
DESCRIPTION:The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (HSMR) is now in its
  13th year and has provided an annual forum for surgeons and engineers f
 rom across the globe to network and explore the latest developments in med
 ical robotics. Every year researchers\, clinicians and engineers are invi
 ted to submit papers on a range of topics covering clinical specialities i
 n Urology\, Cardiac Surgery\, Neuro Surgery\, Thoracic Surgery\, General S
 urgery\, Gynaecology\, ENT\, Orthopaedic and Paediatric Surgery.\nThis yea
 r we plan to build beyond the previous achievements and take the symposium
  to even higher successes with the theme of ‘Surgery and Beyond’. We 
 have already received full CPD accreditation from the Royal College of Sur
 geons and to complement this we are planning a programme with increased fo
 cus on clinical practitioner centered talks\, workshops and presentations.
 \n\nHamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2021: Workshop\nIn modern surger
 y\, body lumens increasingly serve as an access route to deeply located an
 atomic regions.\nWhile such minimally invasive approaches show prospects o
 f better clinical outcome\, it is also very challenging for the practition
 er. Indeed\, navigation through narrow\, fragile\, and deformable lumens r
 equires considerable skill\, dexterity and consequently imposes a large me
 ntal load. Moreover\, visualization is often indirect\, and of poor qualit
 y.\nMechanical phenomena such as slack\, backlash and compliance further h
 amper the controllability of the instruments. As a result\, surgeons under
 go steep learning curves and even experienced surgeons often lack confiden
 ce about their gestures. Surgical risks including internal bleeding\, tiss
 ue damage\, puncture or rupture are imminent.\nRobotic devices show the pr
 omise of enhancing such complex surgical operations. The development of so
 ft\, compliant robots\, together with enhanced navigation techniques and i
 nnovative in situ imaging technologies\, are bound to transform surgical p
 ractice. New interfaces are being explored to ensure intuitive and safe op
 eration.\nSoft compliant structures are very common in nature\, for exampl
 e in molluscs such as squid which employ muscular hydrostatic skeleton sys
 tems as soft  robotic solutions for  grasping and locomotion. It therefo
 re makes strong sense to study these clever biological examples for the de
 sign of innovative soft robotic surgical devices.\nThis workshop brings ex
 perts from both academia and industry in order to discuss recent advances 
 and future trends in robotic autonomous intraluminal navigation. Examples 
 from different clinical application scenarios will be discussed.\nProgramm
 e:\n\n16.00 – 16.10: E. Vander Poorten\, KUL\, Welcome & Introduction\n1
 6.10 – 16.35: H. Rafii-Tari\, Auris Robotics\, Transforming Intra-lumina
 l Intervention with the MONARCH® Platform\n16.35 – 17.00: M. Abdelaziz\
 , Hamlyn Centre\, CathBot: a Versatile Endovascular Robotic Platform\n17.0
 0 – 17.25: E. Votta\, POLIMI\, The ARTERY Project: Reinventing Transcath
 eter Cardiac Procedures by Shared Autonomy Robotics\n17.25 – 17.50: J. V
 an Leeuwen\, Univ. Wageningen\, Unravelling ‘smart designs’ in nature 
 with biomimetic potential\n17.50 – 18.00: B. Rosa\, CNRS & P. Breedveld\
 , TU Delft\, Closing Remarks\n\nThis workshop is worth 2 CPD point\, pleas
 e register to qualify for certification.\n
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/136590/hsmr21-workshop-autonomous-int
 raluminal-navigation/
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