Jan Peirs
Papers
13
Total Citations
733
H-Index
9
About
Jan Peirs is a pioneer in the field of surgical robotics, with a career dedicated to miniaturizing and enhancing the dexterity of medical instruments. His core research focuses on micro-robotics for minimally invasive surgery, particularly the development of novel actuators and manipulators for endoscopy and robotic surgery. Peirs’ major contributions include the creation of a micro optical force sensor for force feedback in robotic surgery (338 citations), a foundational piece of work that has enabled safer, more intuitive tissue interaction. He is also renowned for his design of miniature parallel manipulators and inchworm-type robots for self-propelling endoscopes, including a shape memory alloy-actuated gastrointestinal intervention system. His work on a flexible distal tip for endoscopic robot surgery, offering two degrees of freedom via a superelastic NiTi tube, represents a key advancement in enhancing dexterity within confined spaces. Peirs’ research has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is mechanically possible at the millimeter scale, with his most cited papers collectively garnering over 700 citations, underlining his lasting impact on the development of smarter, more capable surgical tools.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 3Shape memory micro-actuation for a gastro-intestinal intervention system78 citations · 1999
- 4Design of an advanced tool guiding system for robotic surgery57 citations · 2004
- 5A miniature manipulator for integration in a self-propelling endoscope56 citations · 2001
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- 7DESIGN OF A SHAPE MEMORY ACTUATED GASTROINTESTINAL INTERVENTION SYSTEM27 citations · 1996
- 8A MICRO ROBOTIC ARM FOR A SELF PROPELLING COLONOSCOPE20 citations · 1998
- 9The 'true' power of SMA micro-actuation12 citations · 2001
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