{"id":2534,"date":"2014-02-26T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/dr-feins-joins-with-dr-alterovitz-on-project-to-develop-robotic-tentacle-device-that-reaches-far-into-lungs-or-head\/"},"modified":"2021-01-12T09:44:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T14:44:22","slug":"dr-feins-joins-with-dr-alterovitz-on-project-to-develop-robotic-tentacle-device-that-reaches-far-into-lungs-or-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/dr-feins-joins-with-dr-alterovitz-on-project-to-develop-robotic-tentacle-device-that-reaches-far-into-lungs-or-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Feins joins with Dr. Alterovitz on project to develop robotic tentacle device that reaches far into lungs or head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2018\/05\/dr-feins-joins-with-dr-alterovitz-on-project-to-develop-robotic-tentacle-device-that-reaches-far-into-lungs-or-head-image2.jpeg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Richard H. Feins, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2018\/05\/dr-feins-joins-with-dr-alterovitz-on-project-to-develop-robotic-tentacle-device-that-reaches-far-into-lungs-or-head-image3.jpeg\" alt=\"image3\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ron Alterovitz, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Body\"><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.unc.edu\/%7Eron\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Alterovitz<\/a>, PhD, assistant professor of computer science and head of the <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/robotics.cs.unc.edu\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computational Robotics Research Group <\/a>in the UNC Department of Computer Science, has been investigating new algorithms that can enable robotic tentacles to achieve depth and precision inside the human body.<\/p>\n<p>He has focused on a new surgical device \u2013 a robotic set of concentric nested tubes made of nickel titanium. The device can be deployed from the tip of a bronchoscope, allowing physicians to reach farther than ever into the lungs to diagnose abnormal growths. It can also be deployed via the nose to surgically access tumors in the brain or nearby structures in the head. The robotic device has the potential to move through the body so precisely that it can avoid anatomical obstacles and reach its target within a millimeter. <a class=\"internal-link\" title=\"Feins\" href=\"\/surgery\/ct\/faculty-staff\/feins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard H. Feins<\/a>, MD, of the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, has been working with Dr. Alterovitz on the project. <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/about-us\/clinical-faculty-1\/brent-a-senior-md-facs\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brent Senior<\/a>, MD, Nathaniel and Sheila Harris Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology, is interested in Dr. Alterovitz&#8217;s research for its potential to reach tiny areas of the head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"external-link\" title=\"\">Dr. Feins is an investigator on Dr. Alterovitz&#8217;s R21 grant, <em>Multi-lumen steerable needles for transoral access to lung nodules<\/em>, 1 R21 EB0117952-01, funded by the NIH\/National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. Katherine Birchard, MD, of the UNC Department of Radiology, is also an investigator on that grant..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Richard H. Feins, MD Ron Alterovitz, PhD Ron Alterovitz, PhD, assistant professor of computer science and head of the Computational Robotics Research Group in the UNC Department of Computer Science, has been investigating new algorithms that can enable robotic tentacles to achieve depth and precision inside the human body. He has focused on a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/dr-feins-joins-with-dr-alterovitz-on-project-to-develop-robotic-tentacle-device-that-reaches-far-into-lungs-or-head\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dr. Feins joins with Dr. Alterovitz on project to develop robotic tentacle device that reaches far into lungs or head\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7694,"featured_media":2535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Feins joins with Dr. Alterovitz on project to develop robotic tentacle device that reaches far into lungs or head - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/dr-feins-joins-with-dr-alterovitz-on-project-to-develop-robotic-tentacle-device-that-reaches-far-into-lungs-or-head\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. Feins joins with Dr. Alterovitz on project to develop robotic tentacle device that reaches far into lungs or head - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Richard H. 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