Swallowable Robots

Journal Papers

  1. 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. PDF (753.34 KB)
  2. 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. PDF (2.14 MB)
  3. 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. PDF (611.32 KB)
  4. 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. PDF (920.66 KB)
  5. 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. PDF (740.97 KB)

Journal Abstracts

  1. 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. PDF (34.07 KB)

Conference Papers

  1. 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. PDF (765.03 KB)
  2. 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. PDF (433 KB)

Non-Refereed/Invited/Poster/Abstract/Short Papers

  1. 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. PDF (1.52 MB)
  2. J. L. Toennies and R. J. Webster, III, “A Wireless Insufflation System for Capsular Endoscopes”, Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2009. PDF (364.19 KB) Best Poster (3 in 5 competition winner)

Book Chapters

  1. 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. PDF (6.51 MB)

Patents

  1. 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

  1. B. F. Smith, “Wireless Insufflation for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy”. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2012. PDF (8.21 MB)