Neel Shihora
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5
Total Citations
19
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About
Neel Shihora is a rising researcher at the intersection of medical robotics and continuum mechanics, whose work is forging new pathways for minimally invasive surgery. His primary research areas encompass continuum robot design, tendon-actuated mechanisms, and robotic-assisted ophthalmic and emergency interventions. Shihora’s most impactful contribution to date is his pioneering feasibility study on remote landmark identification for cricothyrotomy using robotic palpation (7 citations), which addresses a critical challenge in emergency airway management by enabling precise, life-saving procedures in remote or hazardous environments. He has also made significant strides in subretinal drug delivery, exploring an external robotic approach guided by B-mode OCT (4 citations) to overcome the accuracy limitations of manual injections for emerging gene therapies. His work on the friction-limited end-effector motion resolution of tendon-actuated and continuum robots (4 citations) provides foundational insights into the performance limits of these flexible systems. Through geometric analyses of kinematically-singular configurations and the novel use of tension transition zones for compliance analysis, Shihora is systematically advancing the theoretical and practical understanding of continuum robots, establishing himself as a key voice in the future of robotic surgery.
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