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Robotics is used successfully in medicine. Mechanical gadgets assist the most intricate procedures, providing precision, error correction, stereotactic positioning, subtle controlling, and in-place visualization, among other benefits. However, few applications are designed to perform continuously embedded within the human body. Implants such as the peacemaker that works permanently inside the patient involve high risk. However, the risk is acceptable given the benefit that peacemakers provide when working correctly. The current proposal envisages a similar scenario. One in ten babies in America develops hydrocephalus. The abnormality is more incident in premature babies, but term babies are also subject to malady. Even adults develop a sort of hydrocephalus that keeps intracranial pressure at normal levels. Hydrocephalus quickly escalates from mild to severe due to cerebrospinal fluid circuit issues (CSF) issues. The only mechanism to alleviate the pressure within the CSF containers is to release the fluid progressively. Such as purpose requires opening the skull and locating a discharging device – diverting shunt – that goes through the brain mass and reaches the ventricles. This invasive gadget grants a way out to liquid but is not always infallible. The shunt often fails, and reiteratively opening the skull is the method to pursue. Shunted patients with more the 100 brain surgeries have motivated the campaign no-more-brain-surgeries promoted by the Hydrocephalus Association (https://www.hydroassoc.org/join-us-as-we-say-nomorebs/).
This document registers a revision on immersive robotics and sensors that allow us to create a submergible device capable of exploring 3D printed macro models of the CSF containers. This first approach will serve as a testing land to understand fluid mechanics, navigability, and blockage removal techniques from inside a model mimicking the brain in healthy and abnormal conditions. Once this is accomplished, we intend to miniaturize the device and check the feasibility of a medical application that controls cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities while avoiding recurrent surgery.
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Rodríguez, Y., Huérfano, A., Yepes-Calderon, F., McComb, J.G., Florez, H. (2022). Cerebrospinal Fluid Containers Navigator. A Systematic Literature Review. In: Gervasi, O., Murgante, B., Misra, S., Rocha, A.M.A.C., Garau, C. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2022 Workshops. ICCSA 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13381. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10548-7_25
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