Venkatasubramanian Kalpathy Venkiteswaran is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomechanical Engineering at University of Twente. He is working on smart devices for minimally invasive interventions and robotic surgery. His expertise is in design of small-sized interventional devices and the use of magnetic fields to control them.
Previously, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Surgical Robotics Lab at University of Twente for two years. He received his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University, USA, working on design principles for compliant mechanisms.
My research focuses applying mechanical design principles to develop novel devices for minimally invasive interventions and robotic surgery. In particular, I focus on exploiting flexibility and softness in materials and structures for new solutions to medical problems. These attributes are combined with 'smart materials' which include magnetic response, shape memory behaviour, and enzymatic response. I utilize these combinations to engineer small-sized medical devices and open up new posibilities for medical interventions.
I am currently active in three lines of research:
laparoscopic and robotic surgery tools with enhanced dexterity and in-body access
soft robotic devices using magnetic fields for targeted intervetions
tracking and localization of these devices using ultrasound or other sensors
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