IEEE PulsePub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526483
Jim Banks
{"title":"The Ghost in the Machine: Will AI Open the Door to Fully Autonomous Robotic Surgery?","authors":"Jim Banks","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526483","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We live in a world where robots can operate with a level of precision that is hard for humans to match, and robotic laparoscopic surgery has become familiar if not commonplace. Until now, surgical tools have always been firmly in the control of experienced human surgeons, but the advent of sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) systems allows us to envisage a future in which technology does the thinking and the decision-making in increasingly complex procedures. Already, there are systems that are capable of suturing wounds in some instances, and AI is greatly efficiency and accuracy with which medical imagery is analyzed, so it is likely that AI will soon play a bigger role in determining clinical choices and performing surgical procedures. But many questions remain about whether fully autonomous robotic surgery is possible, necessary, desirable, and ethical. In this article, we examine how the role AI currently plays in robotic surgery, where it has potentially valuable applications, and how far it must progress to reach some level of autonomy, as well as exploring the ethical, practical, and regulatory factors that might keep AI in check.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 1","pages":"16-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143544041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478860
Robert T Tranquillo
{"title":"A Career Journey in Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering.","authors":"Robert T Tranquillo","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478860","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478860","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A career that spans the 37 years since \"tissue engineering\" was coined is chronicled, including selected research and translation highlights of the author in cardiovascular applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"15 4","pages":"6-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143542932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478856
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Shining a Light on Pacemaker Innovation.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478856","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478856","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>University of Chicago researchers have developed an ultra-lightweight, paper-thin, catheter-delivered cardiac pacemaker. Tested on a live pig, the pacemaker successfully regulated the heartbeat via tiny pulses of light. The design permits adjustments to the pacing as well as location of heart stimulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"15 4","pages":"9-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143543106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478857
Jim Banks
{"title":"The Ultimate Assistant: How AI Can Optimize Treatment for Cardiology Patients.","authors":"Jim Banks","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478857","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming all-pervasive, impacting our lives in ways that are sometimes visible, but at other times hidden. Algorithms that learn from data-be it consumer preferences, medical imaging data, or any other dataset-are influencing decisions and choices in every industry, and health care is no exception. When patient outcomes are at stake this raises questions of ethics, accountability, and accuracy. This article looks at how AI is currently being put to work in cardiology, how its range of applications might expand, and how health care professionals and technologists can work together to ensure that it is deployed in a way that is safe, efficient, and beneficial for all patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"15 4","pages":"13-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143543467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443548
Jim Banks
{"title":"PDCs: A Vital Drop in the Ocean of Funding for Pediatric Devices.","authors":"Jim Banks","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443548","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article is an in-depth examination of the role of pediatric device consortia (PDC) in the development of innovative devices. Looking at the funding model, and at how the challenges that arise in the development of medical devices differ from the development of drug therapies, the article looks at how PDCs can help OEMs with not only funding, but also expertise, regulatory guidance, and more. There is also an examination of some successful devices that have been backed by PDCs, and a comparison with how pediatric devices are funded in Europe to who how the true value of the FDA's PDC grant program.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"15 3","pages":"20-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142299349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443489
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Using AI and ML to Predict Autism Spectrum Disorder.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443489","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autism spectrum disorder is a condition that showcases the potential usefulness of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). This is an area of great need, according to Dennis Wall, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and biomedical data science at Stanford University in California. \"ASD diagnostics is crying out for a solution that's faster, more equitable, and more quantitative. This is where biomedical data science can really help,\"he said.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"15 3","pages":"11-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142299350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443492
Jeffrey LaRose
{"title":"Design Issues With Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems.","authors":"Jeffrey LaRose","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443492","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Designing a pediatric circulatory support system has several unique challenges related to the small and growing body size. In addition, there is an extra burden on caregivers as these patients can be very active though not yet capable of managing the life sustaining system. This article describes some of the design challenges and offers hope from existing commercial systems being applied to larger pediatric patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"15 3","pages":"16-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142299347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443488
Eric Benjamin
{"title":"Designing a Closed-Loop Automated Insulin Delivery System: Simplifying Life for People, Including Children, Living With Type 1 Diabetes.","authors":"Eric Benjamin","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2024.3443488","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Living with type 1 diabetes is challenging, especially for children and their caregivers. This article describes how Insulet, the global leader in tubeless insulin technology, has continuously innovated Omnipod, a discreet, wearable, waterproof insulin delivery system that simplifies life for people with diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"15 3","pages":"5-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142299348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-07-18DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3405745
Victoria S. Marks, Rory J. Piper, Joram J. Van Rheede, Moaad Benjaber, Alexander L. Green, Martin T. Tisdall, Timothy J. Denison
{"title":"Challenges and Opportunities for Physiologically Controlled Therapy in Neural Systems","authors":"Victoria S. Marks, Rory J. Piper, Joram J. Van Rheede, Moaad Benjaber, Alexander L. Green, Martin T. Tisdall, Timothy J. Denison","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3405745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3405745","url":null,"abstract":"Brain Stimulation Technology for the treatment of neurological disorders is rapidly evolving. With the advent of “bidirectional” systems, such as the Medtronic Percept, which are able to sense from and stimulate the brain simultaneously, there is opportunity to modify stimulation based on changes in brain activity. The utility of such a bidirectional application is exemplified by the success of the NeuroPace responsive neuro stimulation (RNS) device in the reduction of seizures <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[1]</xref> and pivotal trials of spinal cord stimulation for chronic leg pain using evoked compound action potentials to facilitate a homeostatic feedback system <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[2]</xref>\u0000.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141739931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-07-18DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3409110
Nancey Trevanian Tsai
{"title":"Early Career Spotlight","authors":"Nancey Trevanian Tsai","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3409110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3409110","url":null,"abstract":"For this issue, we feature Josh Niesen. He is 31/2 years into his position with Medtronic, after spending two summers as an intern during college. Josh earned the B.S. degree in biomedical engineering (BME) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"95 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141746092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}