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High precision cochlear probe insertion robot

For decades, interventions inside the human cochlea, the hearing organ, have been avoided due to the associated high risk of complete function loss, i.e. deafness, with the exception of inserting a cochlear implant electrode array to restore hearing functionality. This project pledges to improve the quality of care in deafness by developing a unique multi-sensor-guided robotic insertion tool that allows precise atraumatic access in the cochlea. A new platform for repetitive cochlear instrument positioning will scan the cochlea through real-time OCT and impedance sensing.

Date:4 Nov 2021 →  Today
Keywords:Robotics, Cochlea
Disciplines:Mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified, Biomedical instrumentation
Project type:PhD project