{"id":744,"date":"2025-09-23T14:55:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/?page_id=744"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:20:49","slug":"medical-devices-robotics-and-instrumentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/research\/areas\/medical-devices-robotics-and-instrumentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Devices, Robotics, and Instrumentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center utkwds-superhead has-condensed-font-family has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Department Research Areas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Medical Devices, Robotics, and Instrumentation<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-25f0f0a0 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-orange-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-orange-background-color has-background\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers are creating advanced orthopedic implants that replicate the form and function of musculoskeletal structures, improving performance and patient outcomes. They are also developing surgical robots that enable less invasive procedures while enhancing precision and a surgeon\u2019s ability to access and manipulate tissues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c1484d1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participating Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following faculty work on research around medical devices, robotics, and instrumentation. Visit their profile pages to learn more about their specific areas of research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide utkwds-link-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large)\" class=\"wp-block-list is-style-utkwds-link-group-3up\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/faculty\/jindong-tan\/\">Jindong Tan<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/faculty\/dustin-crouch\/\">Dustin Crouch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-condensed-font-family\">Sample Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-utk-wds-accordion\"><div data-accordion=\"true\" class=\"utk-wds-accordion-wrapper\" data-color-scheme=\"light\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-utk-wds-accordion-panel\"><h2 class=\"utk-wds-accordion__heading\" data-accordion-heading=\"true\"><div><strong>Skin-Covered Endoprosthetic Implants<\/strong><\/div><\/h2><section data-accordion-section=\"true\"><div class=\"utk-wds-accordion__panel-body\">\n<p>About 2 million Americans are living with limb amputation. An externally worn limb prosthesis is the standard means to restore part of the missing limb\u2019s function. Unfortunately, according to recent surveys, external prosthetic limbs still do not move or feel like the biological intact limb. This partly explains why as many as 45% of amputees eventually abandon their prosthesis. To address this problem, we are developing end-limb endoprosthetics, a revolutionary new class of orthopedic implants that can be used to surgically reconstruct the missing limb. A key innovative feature of end-limb endoprostheses is that they will be completely covered and enclosed within the patient\u2019s own living skin. In some applications, the endoprosthesis will be jointed and attached to residual muscles to enable direct, natural control of prosthesis movements. Our skin-covered endoprosthetics promise to restore natural function, appearance, and skin sensation to people with amputation. We are actively working to translate the technology to the clinic, with the first human device targeting patients with thumb amputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Representative publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crouch DL, Hall PT, Stubbs C, Billings C, Pedersen AP, Burton B, Greenacre CB, Stephenson SM, Anderson DE. Feasibility of implanting a foot-ankle endoprosthesis within skin in a rabbit model of transtibial amputation. <em>Bioengineering<\/em>. 9(8), 2022. DOI:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/bioengineering9080348\"> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/bioengineering9080348<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hall PT, Bratcher SZ, Stubbs C, Rifkin RE, Grzeskowiak RM, Burton BJ, Greenacre CB, Stephenson SM, Anderson DE, <strong>Crouch DL<\/strong>. Fully Implanted Prosthesis for Musculoskeletal Limb Reconstruction after Amputation: An In Vivo Feasibility Study. <em>Annals of Biomedical Engineering<\/em>, 49(3):1012-1021, 2021.<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10439-020-02645-3\"> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10439-020-02645-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department Research Areas Medical Devices, Robotics, and Instrumentation Researchers are creating advanced orthopedic implants that replicate the form and function of musculoskeletal structures, improving performance and patient outcomes. They are also developing surgical robots that enable less invasive procedures while enhancing precision and a surgeon\u2019s ability to access and manipulate tissues. 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