Category: Minimally Invasive Surgery

Swarm Microrobotics

Post author By Talha Faiz
Post date December 21, 2020

Building a swarm micro-robotic system with PCB coils and SU-8 polymers, for targeted drug delivery and non-invasive ocular/cardiac/neuro surgery. Leveraging magnetic field simulations and microfluidic FEA to design multi-scale 6-DOF medical robots equipped with compliant mechanisms; using planar actuation in fibrous muscles for cell culture experiments, and validated results with ex-vivo experiments.

Minimally Invasive Surgery Soft Robotics

Inflatable Metamaterials

Post author By Talha Faiz
Post date June 30, 2020

Creating new biomaterials with shape memory or surface switching properties and developing controlled release systems that can be magnetically, ultrasonically, or enzymatically triggered to increase release rates. Synthesizing new biodegradable polymeric delivery systems which will ultimately be absorbed by the body and investigating the mechanism of release from polymeric delivery systems with concomitant microstructural analysis […]