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Background
Cochlear‐implant electrode arrays (EAs) are currently inserted with limited feedback, and impedance sensing has recently shown promise for EA localisation.
Methods
We investigate the use of impedance sensing to infer the progression of an EA during insertion.
Results
We show that the access resistance component of bipolar impedance sensing can detect when a straight EA reaches key...
Magnet-tipped, elastic rods can be steered by an external magnetic field to perform surgical tasks. Such rods could be useful for a range of new medical applications because they do not require either pull wires or other bulky mechanisms that are problematic in small anatomical regions. However, current magnetic rod steering systems are large and expensive. Here, we describe a method to guide a rod...
When designing continuum robots for applications that require sensing, designers are faced with the problems of deciding what sensors to use, where they should be placed, and how best to use the information they provide. In this paper, we describe how a differential representation of a continuum robot's kinematic equations that govern its states (e.g., shape) can be used to simultaneously address...
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