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New website for the K.U.Leuven Spin-Off, Instrumen, around the ARCM technology
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For more details, please visit http://www.instrumen.eu |
The website of ICEMR
For the update and opportunities of the International Center of Excellence in Medical Robot, please visit to http://www.icemr.org/ |
Prof. Hsiao-Wei Tang appointed to setup International Center of Excellence in Medical Robot
ICEMR Introduction: The International Center of Excellence in Medical Robot (ICEMR) is pioneering in robotic research, clinical validation, cost evaluation and product development for medical applications which include surgery, surgical aide, rehabilitation, nursing, personnel carrier and etc. The mission of ICEMR is to demonstrate the benefits of medical robots and to promote its usage in hospitals. Our vision is to bring 'Smart Automation in the Operating Theater, in Hospitals and in Healthcare' to bring quality, comfort, high-tech and economy to the patients, surgeons, hospitals and the whole healthcare system. The ICEMR is located inside the IRCAD-Taiwan AITS which provide direct feedback from outstanding surgeons, access to cutting-age surgical techniques and world leading medical device manufacturers. The ICEMR is funded by Show Chwan Health Care System which offers sustainable financial backup and clinical platform for medical robot pilot studies and clinical trials.  |
The inventor receives professorship in Taiwan
Prof. dr. ir. Hsiao-Wei Tang, Inventor VESALIUS Robot, is appointed adjunct assistant professor in Department of Biomedical Engineering in National Cheng-Kung University of Taiwan since 05/01/2011. Prof. Tang is awarded Standford-Taiwan Biomedical Fellowship. Prof. Tang is no longer affiliated with K. U. Leuven Belgium since 01/01/2011. |
FP7 proposal with VESALIUS Robot Platform for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the VESALIUS Robot research team, I would like to raise your interests in joining a consortium to enter FP7 proposal for the next call deadline on 18 January 2011 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time). The VESALIUS Robot project is a 10 years research project 100% funded by K.U.Leuven. http://www.kuleuven.be/research/ The VESALIUS Robot Platform (VRP) is a common platform to develop potential Robot Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery applications. It is one of the safest and most simple robotic platform to be used for surgical purposes. Its Remote Center Motion (RCM), always on top of the patient feature and its V-shape design minimize the risk of robot-patient collision. Its non redundant and decoupled degrees of freedom provide the intuitive and exact way of control, even by hand in powerless situation. The adjustment in X and Z axis allows it to cope with variable incision position on patients. (Y axis adjustable by sliding on the rail of operating table). Its high payload enables additional instruments, devices and actuators to be handled and manipulated within patient's body. Best of all is its small working envelope which is preferable for human-robot co-manipulation and most suitable in multi-robot cooperation. It is just like a computer. New smart program and hardware can be installed to achieve different purposes in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Our examples on Laser surgery and camera holder illustrate the basic concept. Advance technologies can make it even more useful. Such as the semi-automatic laser scanning function on Laser robot. And the 3D reconstruction on camera holder robot. It can also applied in Single Port Access (SPA) Surgery. More information can be found in http://www.vesaliusrobot.com/index Live demonstration can be arranged within K.U.Leuven Best regards, Hsiao-Wei TANG, PhD Inventor Vesalius Robot Robot Assisted Surgery Group Dept. Mechanical Engineering, K.U.Leuven Belgium Tel:+32 (0) 16 322512 Fax:+32 (0) 16 322987 Mobile:+32 (0) 485377102 Add: Celestijnenlaan 300B, 3001Heverlee, Belgium |
VESALIUS Robot shines in ICT 2010 event in Brussels
In ICT 2010 event in Brussels, VESALIUS Robot demonstrates camera holder and laser surgery applications. It draws a huge attention from the audiences and been filmed by EuroNews and Chinese CCTV. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/ict2010/picture.cfm?id=7535 http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/ict2010/picture.cfm?id=7536 |
Dr. Thierry Janssens takes over CEO leadership
From Aug 23, Dr. Thierry Janssens takes over CEO leadership to stimulate the K.U.Leuven spinoff project into another level. He has experience in
developing and designing mechatronic systems, system modelling and
identification and control of mechatronic systems. He also has a
certificate on the knowledge of business management and participated twice in a
mini enterprise, Vlaamse Jonge Ondernemingen. He holds a Master in Engineering
Sciences at K.U.Leuven and received his PhD in Engineering at the K.U.Leuven on
February 2010. |
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