Design of an improved surgical instrument for the removal of bladder tumours
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 41340949
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1177/0954411916640580
- Title of journal
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine
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- First page
- 579
- Volume
- 230
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 0954-4119
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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5
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Bladder cancer is the seventh most common cancer in the UK; significantly the cumulative cost of treating bladder cancer exceeds all other forms of human cancer. The surgical technique of transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) dates from the 1930s. This paper presents a novel solution for improving the surgical outcome of TURBT that is the result of a multidisciplinary team of engineers and urological surgeons. With EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Funding a prototype has been developed and the device is currently being developed commercially in collaboration with Cambridge Mechatronics, (Principal Mechanical Engineer), Cambridge, UK.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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