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Microelectronics expertise is crucial to deliver a number of WEISS platforms focussing on miniature sensing, imaging and robotics.
In all these platforms the progress is hampered by a lack of (micro)electronics expertise. In particular, we need expertise to help drive the flexible electronics and miniaturisation aspects which are crucial to convert lab-scale proof-of-concept demonstrations around sensing and imaging in to early stage, interventional device prototypes which take into account the clinical stewardship on the circuit design specifications, functionality and biocompatibility. This expertise is required in order to shorten the translational timeline.
The current platform seeks develop and harness (micro)electronics expertise for fruitful exploitation of the sensors, robotic devices and minimally invasive imaging tools being developed at WEISS, a substantial fraction of which are also supported through external grants.
This core expertise will, for example, help design new flexible electronic circuits, signal processing platforms, and power electronics designs to enable read-out and wireless signalling from miniature sensors (to be integrated on new minimally invasive interventional devices), microrobotic tools for surgery, integration of haptic sensing and imaging tools in laproscopy, endoluminal and transluminal surgeries etc.
One of our immediate goals is to design and implement simple wireless circuits to enable pressure sensing from a new class of smart surgical gloves and/or pressure sensors integrated on stent-grafts for post-operative endoleak monitoring. The sensor component has already been designed and tested in the lab.
Platform leads:
Prof Paul Beard
Dr Adrien Desjardins
Prof Danail Stoyanov
Prof Manish Tiwari