Swallowable Robots
Journal Papers
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J. L. Gorlewicz, S. Battaglia, B. F. Smith, G. Ciuti, J. Gerding, A. Menciassi, K. Obstein, P. Valdastri, and R. J. Webster, III, “Wireless Insufflation of the Gastrointestinal Tract”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 1225-1233, 2013.
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P. Valdastri, M. Simi, and R. J. Webster, III, “Advanced Technologies for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy”, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 14, pp. 397-429, 2012.
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J. L. Toennies, G. Tortora, M. Simi, P. Valdastri, and R. J. Webster, III, “Swallowable Medical Devices for Diagnosis and Surgery: The State of the Art”, Proceeding of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, vol. 224, no. C7, pp. 1397-1414, 2010.
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P. Valdastri, R. J. Webster, III, C. Quaglia, M. Quirini, A. Menciassi, and P. Dario, “A New Mechanism for Meso-Scale Legged Locomotion in Compliant Tubular Environments”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 1047-1057, 2009.
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C. Quaglia, E. Buselli, R. J. Webster, III, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, and P. Dario, “An Endoscopic Capsule Robot: A Meso-Scale Engineering Case Study”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 19, no. 10, p. 105007, 2009.
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Journal Abstracts
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J. L. Toennies and R. J. Webster, III, “A Wireless Insufflation System for Capsular Endoscopes”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, vol. 3, no. 2. 2009.
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Conference Papers
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J. L. Toennies, G. Ciuti, B. F. Smith, A. Menciassi, P. Valdastri, and R. J. Webster, III, “Toward Tetherless Insufflation of the GI Tract”, in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2010, pp. 1946-1949.
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M. Quirini, R. J. Webster, III, A. Menciassi, and P. Dario, “Design of a Pill-Sized 12-legged Endoscopic Capsule Robot”, in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007, pp. 1856-1862.
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Non-Refereed/Invited/Poster/Abstract/Short Papers
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J. L. Toennies, G. Ciuti, B. Smith, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, and R. J. Webster, III, “Initial Feasibility Studies on Wireless Insufflation of the GI Tract”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2010 - Workshop on Meso-Scale Robotics for Medical Interventions. 2010.
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J. L. Toennies and R. J. Webster, III, “A Wireless Insufflation System for Capsular Endoscopes”, Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2009.
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Book Chapters
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J. L. Gorlewicz, R. J. Webster, III, and P. Valdastri, “Mesoscale Mobile Robots for Gastrointestinal Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)”, vol. 51, Robotics for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Woodhead Publishing Ltd., 2012, pp. 224-251.
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Patents
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M. Quirini, R. J. Webster, III, A. Menciassi, and P. Dario, “Teleoperated endoscopic capsule”, U.S. Patent 8,066,632. European Patent 1,715,789. Chinese Patent 100,455,256, 2004.
M.S. Theses
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B. F. Smith, “Wireless Insufflation for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy”. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2012.
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