Innovative Pioneer in Surgical Robotics

(University of Basel, August 16, 2023)

A PhD student at the University of Basel, Yukiko Tomooka, is trailblazing in the field of surgical robotics under the guidance of Professor Georg Rauter at BIROMED-Lab. Thanks to the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship and continued support from NCCR Robotics, Tomooka has been able to dedicate her efforts towards an innovative mechanism that could transform minimally invasive laser surgery. Tomooka's research primarily aims to develop an attachment mechanism for a mini-robot that assists surgeons by stabilizing the laser in accordance with the target tissue. Her remarkable innovation features inflatable balloons that create a stable unit between the tissue and robot.