Recently a team of multidisciplinary ViSE researchers \u00a0were awarded a R21 NIH grant to develop a system capable of decreasing hematoma size that results from intracerebral\u00a0hemorrhage (ICH). \u00a0\u00a0The basic premise of this image-guided surgical system \u00a0called an active cannula, consists of a series of thin, nested tubes. Each tube has a different intrinsic curvature. By precisely rotating, extending and retracting these tubes, an operator can steer the tip in different directions, allowing it to follow a curving path through the body. \u00a0By deploying the active cannula through a needle size opening\u00a0 the investigators hope to suction away blood clots formed in ICH while incurring minimal damage to surrounding brain tissue.<\/p>\n
The endpoint of this R21 project will be a successful demonstration of the complete system in an animal model which will pave the way for future R01-funded human clinical studies. This project exemplifies the collaborative environment at ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ and within ViSE, where engineers and surgeons work closely to solve challenging medical problems.<\/p>\n
Videos about the project: Decompressing Bleeding in the Brain<\/a> Recently a team of multidisciplinary ViSE researchers \u00a0were awarded a R21 NIH grant to develop a system capable of decreasing hematoma size that results from intracerebral\u00a0hemorrhage (ICH). \u00a0\u00a0The basic premise of this image-guided surgical system \u00a0called an active cannula, consists of a series of thin, nested tubes. Each tube has a different intrinsic curvature. By…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[231],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2019\/03\/19171026\/Webster-Miga.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p98pzF-Wp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3621"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3625,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions\/3625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWebster\u2019s Medical and Electromechanical Design Laboratory<\/a>
\nRead more: http:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2013\/08\/brain-clot-robot\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"