The University of Melbourne

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Denny Nurjanto Oetomo

Hwa-Yaw Tam

Arvind Kumar N Vadivelu

Stephen John O'leary

Jean-Marc Gerard

Bernard Chen

Ying Tan

Justin Fong

Vincent Crocher

Dinusha Serandi Gunawardena

Zhengyong Liu

A medical device that includes a carrier member, one or more operative components disposed in the carrier member, an optical fiber at least partly disposed in the carrier member, and at least one fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor array associated with the optical fiber and disposed in the carrier member. The carrier member includes an insertion end and side walls that contact the subject's body during positioning of the carrier member in the subject's body. The at least one FBG sensor array measures contact forces at one or both of the insertion end and along the side walls of the carrier member during positioning of the carrier member in the subject's body. A multi-core optical fiber configured for use in a medical device for positioning in a subject's body is also provided. A system and method for guiding positioning of a medical device in a subject's body is also provided.

Medical device and system and method for guiding positioning of same

An electromechanical manipulandum device can include: a drive system having a plurality of electrical motors; an arm driveable by the drive system and having three degrees-of-freedom of motion; a capstan transmission for transmitting actuating force from the drive system to the arm; an end-effector coupled to the arm, the end-effector configured to engage a user and having at least three degrees-of-freedom of rotational motion; and a control system for controlling the drive system such as to provide a force to the end-effector in a selected direction.

Electromechanical robotic manipulandum device

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Victoria, Australia

Denny Nurjanto Oetomo