Electrosurgical Control System
This was a deep tech project that leveraged bioimpedance spectroscopy to prevent surgeons from perforating organ walls during surgeries. There was early indication that the technique could potentially lend itself to diagnostic applications such as cancerous growths.
Develop a sensor and control system that could prevent surgeons from perforating (puncturing) the colon wall
Develop the methodology
Build functioning prototype
Correlate tissue damage with impedance phase shift
Condition all sensors
Build an IoT Data Acquisition System
Automate the experiments with actuators and control system
Excise tissue samples from recently deceased animal specimens
Lead research team toward
Author academic journal articles on research findings
Patent work and prepare for technology commercialization process
the objective.
the technologies deployed.
Electrosurgical RF ablation
Impedance analysis
Load cells, lux sensors, thermistor sensor array, and machine vision
IoT data acquisition
National Instruments Data Acquisition
Mat Lab
Tissue excision + preservation
the people.
David Drozek, DO - Surgeon
Advising | Subject Matter Expert
Liang Chen - Research Engineer
Embedded Systems | Bioanalysis
JungHun Choi, PhD - Principal Investigator
Mentor | Grant Writing | Co-inventor
Randy Robert - Research Engineer
Inventor | Prototyping | Author
the locations.
Ohio, USA
South Korea
China
