Conference Agenda

Dual-mode electrosurgical device for selective tissue perforation via electrically-induced bubbles and discharge

Shigeaki Miura, Yuudai Aokusa, Mayu Nakahigashi, Nobutoshi Ota, Yoko Yamanishi

Kyushu University, Japan

Soft robotic artificial muscles for end-stage heart failure management

Javad Foroughi^1,2, Arjang Ruhparwar²

¹School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia; ²Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Vascular Surgery Hannover Medical School Carl-Neuberg-Str., 130625 Hannover, Germany

Multi-DOF steerable endoscope for robot-surgeon collaborative control

Robert Lathrop, Mouloud Ourak, Emmanuel Poorten

KU Leuven, Belgium

Handling of micropumps to minimize surface-related disturbances

Martin Richter, Mohammadhossein Sheikhsarraf

Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany

Plasmid delivery to suspension cells through electromechanical poration induced by a microbubble generator

Nobutoshi Ota¹, Kei Tateishi², Shigeo Sugano³, Niko Kimura⁴, Shinya Sakuma⁵, Yoko Yamanishi⁶

¹Kyushu University; ²Kyushu University; ³National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; ⁴Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; ⁵Kyushu University; ⁶Kyushu University