Martina Finocchiaro

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | UPC · ETSEIB - School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona

Unlabelled: The Human Machine Interface (HMI) of intraluminal robots has a crucial impact on the clinician's performance. It increases or decreases the difficulty of the tasks, and is connected to the users' physical and mental stress. Objective: This paper presents a framework to compare and evaluate different HMIs for robotic colonoscopy, with...

Simulators for gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy offer the opportunity to train and assess clinician skills in a low-risk environment. Physical simulators can enable direct instrument-to-organ interactions not provided by virtual platforms. However, they present scarce visual realism and limited variability in their anatomical conditions. Herein, we...

Flexible endoscopes for colonoscopy present several limitations due to their inherent complexity, resulting in patient discomfort and lack of intuitiveness for clinicians. Robotic devices together with autonomous control represent a viable solution to reduce the workload of endoscopists and the training time while improving the overall procedure ou...

Over the years, the continuous development of intraluminal procedures resulted in strong benefits for the patients, i.e., reduced blood loss, lower risks of infections, diminished scaring impact and quicker recovery time [1]. However, these improvements imposed high mental and physical stress to the clinicians [2], [3]. In this context, the introdu...

Bionic implants offer the potential to augment human performance and to assist the body in recovering functions lost to disease. While some may be permanently implanted, others provide temporary support. The challenge for the second case is how to remove the device from the body once its task is complete without forcing the patient to undergo a sec...

Screening of the gastrointestinal tract is imperative for the detection and treatment of physiological and pathological disorders in humans. Ingestible devices (e.g., magnetic capsule endoscopes) represent an alternative to conventional flexible endoscopy for reducing the invasiveness of the procedure and the related patient's discomforts. However,...

Minimally invasive wireless devices, allowing the sampling of gut's bacteria, are needed for a longitudinal understanding of the role of the microbiota on the human health. Herein, we present a novel magnetic actuation system fitting inside a 11.5 x 30.5 mm wireless ingestible capsule. Lacking any electronic components, the capsule robot is designe...

Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is the gold standard in the detection and treatment of early and advanced GI cancers. However, conventional endoscopic techniques are technically demanding and require visual-spatial skills and significant hands-on experience. GI endoscopy simulators represent a valid solution to allow doctors to practice in a pre-cl...