Skip to main content
x
Meet the World's Smallest Robotic Guidewire

COAST, developed in Coulter BME, improves surgical precision for procedures like angioplasty.

Posted October 16, 2024

 

BME researcher Jaydev Desai led development of COAST, the world's smallest steerable robotic guidewire.

 

The Coaxially Aligned Steerable Guidewire Robot (COAST) is an innovative surgical device, controlled remotely, that helps doctors navigate the body’s complex network of blood vessels, providing greater accuracy and reducing risks during procedures such as angioplasty. COAST was developed by Coulter BME researcher Jaydev Desai and his team in the Medical Robotics and Automation (RoboMed) Laboratory

The invention is featured in a new animated video as a Georgia Tech Paradigm Shifter.

 


 

 

 

Contact

Jerry Grillo
Communications
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering

Related Links

 

Faculty

 

 

Latest BME News

New research from Georgia Tech helps doctors predict how therapies will interact with a child's immune system, potentially improving outcomes and reducing risks.

Georgia Tech researchers reveal the dynamic role of inhibitory neurons in spatial memory and learning

The department remains a top-ranked biomedical engineering program for graduate education in the nation.

Neuroscientist and former BME grad student Nuri Jeong is helping to reshape lives and careers

Georgia Tech authors reflect a rapidly evolving field in new edition highlighting real-world applications

 

Hands-on approach to teaching microfluidics is inspiring future innovators

In this edition of Ferst Exchange, Coulter BME's Aniruddh Sarkar explains the science.

Georgia Tech researchers uncover the role of lateral inhibition in enhancing contrast and filtering distractions, with implications for neuroscience and AI.