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ArticleSurgical endoscopy2022

Soft hybrid intrinsically motile robot for wireless small bowel enteroscopy.

Hamza Khan, Afshin Alijani, Craig Mowat, Alfred Cuschieri

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Article in Surgical endoscopy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hamza KhanSchool of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD21FD, UK. h.y.khan@dundee.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9227-6631
Afshin AlijaniNinewells Hospital, Dundee, UK.
Craig MowatSchool of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD21FD, UK.
Alfred CuschieriSchool of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD21FD, UK.
University of Dundee · GBNinewells Hospital · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 218356/Z/19/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDifficulties in establishing diagnosis of small bowel (SB) disorders, prevented their effective treatment. This problem was largely resolved by wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE), which has since become the first line investigation for suspected SB disorders. Several types of WCE pills are now used in clinical practice, despite their limitations and complications. WCE pills are large, rigid and immotile capsules. When swallowed, they provide SB enteroscopy downloaded to a data logger carried by the patient. Most of the complications of WCEs result from lack of intrinsic locomotion: incomplete examination, capsule retention and impaction within strictures. In addition, the rigid nature and size of current generation of WCE pills is accompanied by 0.1% inability to swallow the pill by patients with normal esophageal motility.

methodsThe aim of this communication is to describe the initial prototype, P

resultsThe shape and attachment of the rubber vibrating legs to vibrating actuators, have been designed specifically to produce a tight clockwise circular motion. When inserted inside a circular tube in vitro of equivalent diameter to human small intestine, the intrinsic circular clockwise motion of P

conclusionsThese in-vitro experiments indicate that the P

Indexed as

Capsule EndoscopyIntestinal DiseasesRoboticsHumansIntestine, SmallNylonsPolyvinyl ChlorideNylonsPolyvinyl ChlorideActive transit in small bowelActive vibration-induced locomotionEnteroscopyWireless capsule endoscopy (WCE)

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PMID35102429
PMCPMC9085689
OpenAlexW4210641271

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