Program Information


 Program Agenda
9/18 Thursday
Time Program Speaker
07:30 - 08:00 Steering Committee Meeting 1  
08:30 - 09:00 Opening Ceremony  
09:00 - 09:20 Keynote Lecture 1: The Research, Development and Clinical Application of Sun’s Tip-flexible Semi-rigid Ureteroscope Yinghao Sun
09:20 - 10:00 Keynote Lecture 2: Translational Pulmonary Drug Delivery by Inhalation Aerosol Technology  Hak-Kim Chan
10:00-  10:30 Microport LectureVascular Graft:  Its Innovation and Development George Du
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break  
10:45 - 11:00 Introduction of Changzhou West Taihu Lake International Medical Industrial Park Xiaojun Li
11:00 - 12:00 John Abele Lecture: Perspectives on Innovation and Collaboration in Medical Device John Abele / Randy Schiestl
12:00 - 13:30 Special Session: 3D Printing Luncheon  
12:00 - 12:30 3D Printing in Medical Field Gang Lian
12:30 - 13:00 The Future of Medical 3D Printing is Here Karen Weissman
13:00- 13:30 Break  
13:30 - 15:00  Parallel Session 1
1A: Surgical Robotics    
Chairman: Amir Szold, Israel; Kai Xu, China
13:30 - 13:40 Human Extensions: A Novel, Hand-held, Robotic Surgical Manipulator   Amir Szold
13:40 - 13:50 Robotic Laparoscopic Manipulator with Embedded Tracking Software – Preliminary Clinical Results Amir Szold
13:50 - 14:00 LESS Urethrovesical Anastomosis Using a Novel Laparoscopic Instrument Driven by Robotic Technology Francisco Miguel Sánchez Margallo
14:00 - 14:10 Robot-assisted Placement of Depth Electrodes for Epilepsy Monitoring Gernot Kronreif
14:10 - 14:20 Closed Loop Control of an Actively Steered Needle with FBG-based Shape Feedback Nick J. van de Berg
14:20 - 14:30 A Small Wearable 2DoFs Haptic Display with Both Kinesthetic Grip Sensation and Cutaneous Push-pull Sensation Yung-Ho Jo
14:30 - 14:40 Ex-vivo Demo of the SJTU Unfoldable Robotic System (SURS) Jiangran Zhao
14:40 - 14:50 MR Safe Master-slave System for Needle Steering in Percutaneous Interventions John J van den Dobbelsteen
1B: Modelling and Simulation 1
Chairman: Andreas Melzer, UK; Zhiyong Li, China
13:30 - 13:50 New Design for Tibial-implant Interface in Total Knee Arthroplasty Dein Shaw
13:50 - 14:00 Rotation Searching Efficiency Model for Magnetic Tracking in Minimally Invasive Surgery Yifeng Wang
14:00 - 14:10 Transient Numerical Assessment of the Risk of Thrombus Formation in an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump Awaz Ali
14:10 - 14:20 Three-Dimension Reconstruction and Verification of Finite Element Model of Human Pelvis Based on MR Images Fagnzhou Cai
14:20 - 14:30 Development of an in Vitro Colonoscopy Simulator with Embedded Sensors for the Evaluation of Colonoscopy Devices Markus Pakleppa
14:30 - 14:40 Design and Ex Vivo Study of an Endoscopic Multiple-clip Applier Shuchen Ge
14:40 - 15:00 MR Guided Focuses Ultrasound of  the Liver: FUSIMO the Fist Step toward an Patient Specific Model Andreas Melzer for the FUSIMO Consortium
15:00 - 16:30 Parallel Session 2
2A: Computer Assisted Diagnosis and Surgery 
Chairman: Paul Alan Wetter, America; Lixu Gu, China
15:00 - 15:15 Surgical Navigation for Cardiovascular Intervention Using Intra-operative Ultrasound Lixu Gu
15:15 - 15:25 A Makerless Registration Method for Image Guided Percutaneous Liver Surgery Deqiang Xiao
15:25 - 15:35 Study on Predicting the Termination of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Based on a Novel RdR RR Intervals Scatter Plot Hongwei Lu
15:35 - 15:45 Ex Vivo Experiments for Ultrasound Tracked Motion Compensation of Focused Ultrasound Surgery Jan Strehlow
15:45- 15:55 Manual vs. Guided Needle Insertion Using the CAS-navigational System Joachim Kettenbach
15:55 - 16:05 Hybrid Interventional Imaging for Non-surgical SLNB Staging Michael Friebe
16:05 - 16:15 Diagnosis with the Image Enhancement System for Serosal Invasion and Peritoneal Dissemination of Gastric Cancer Noriyuki Inaki
16:15 - 16:25 Fast and User-friendly Blood Vessel Segmentation Using 2D Cross-sectional Analysis Rahul Prasanna Kumar
2B: Advances in Endoscopy 
Chairman: Eiji Kanehira, Japan; Joong Sub Choi, Republic of Korea
15:00 - 15:10 Laparoscopic Para-aortic Lymphadenectomy for Gyencologic Malignancies Joong Sub Choi
15:10 - 15:20 Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery in the Treatment of Refractory Rectovesical Fistula Eiji Kanehira
15:20 - 15:30 Novel Surgical Robotics or Sophysticated Manual Dexterity Yoshinobu Murayama
15:30 - 15:40 Development of New Line-ups of 2mm Instruments and Its Application for Single Incision Intragastric Surgery (SIGS) in the Treatment of Submucosal Tumor at the Esophagogastric Junction Takashi Tanida
15:40 - 15:50 Three-Dimensional vs Conventional Laparoscopy Vision Systems on Suturing Performance Using a Validated Checklist Francisco Miguel Sánchez Margallo
15:50 - 16:00 An Experimental Study of Minimally Invasive Uterus Transplantation in a Sheep Model Francisco Miguel Sánchez Margallo
16:00 - 16:10 Mechanical Evaluation of Instruments and Manipulation for Transumbilical Laparoscopic Surgery Jiangfan Zhu
16:10 - 16:20 A Novel Endoscopic Treatment for Resolving Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Yoav Mintz
16:20 - 16:30 Proceed or Pause? : Management of Perforation during Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) of Colorectal Laterally Spreading Tumors (LSTs) Siu Yin Yu
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee Break  
16:45 - 18:15 Parallel Session 3
3A: Cardiovascular Devices and Technology
Chairman: Daniel Wendt, Germany; Ju Mei, China
16:45 - 17:05 Research on Mitral Valve Regurgitation through Cavity Interventional Treatment Ju Mei
17:05 - 17:15 In-vitro Cutting Results of a New Aortic Valve Resection Device Daniel Wendt
17:15 - 17:25 Low Incidence of Paravalvular Leckage with the Balloon-expadable Sapien3 Transcatheter Heart Valve Daniel Wendt
17:25 - 17:35 Endovascular Repair of the Mitral Valve Nikolai Hiorth
17:35 - 17:45 Experimental Study on Permanent Stent Implantation for Congenital Tracheal Stenosis in Infants and Children Bangde Xue
17:45 - 17:55 Multichannel Bioimpedance Measurement for Hemodynamic Monitoring Ladislav Soukup
17:55 - 18:05 Measurement of ECG Signal on Ultra-high Frequencies Pavel Leinveber
3B: Energized Therapies  
Chairman: Calin Tiu, Romania; Zhigang Wang, UK
16:45 - 17:00 Focused Ultrasound in Moving Organs –Valorisation Role and Strategy  Calin Tiu
17:00 - 17:15 Radiofrequency Electrode for in-Situ Ablation and Separation of Solid Tumour: 3D FEM Modelling and Evaluation Zhigang Wang
17:15 - 17:25 Study Collagen Denaturation of Bipolar Radiofrequency-induced Colonic Anastomosis by Raman Microspectroscopy Lingxi Zhao
17:25 - 17:35 Monitoring the Use of Electrosurgical Devices Annetje Guedon
17:35 - 17:45 A New Method for Cardiac Ablation Based on Adjustable Phase RF Energy Shengjie Yan
17:45 - 18:05 MRI Guided Interventions an Update on Procedures and Devices Andreas Melzer for the FUSIMO Consortium
18:15 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 21:00 Huangpu River Cruise 
9/19  Friday
Time Program Speaker
07:30 - 09:00 Steering Committee Meeting 2  
09:00 - 09:45 Keynote Lecture 3: Education and Research in Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering in Japan Izumi Shin-Ichi
09:45 - 10:30 Keynote Lecture 4: Important Things Scientists Should Know about Commercializing Innovations  Gang Zong
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break  
11:00 - 12:00 John Wickham LectureObjective Assessment of the Quality of Laparoscopic Surgical Performance George Hanna
12:00 - 13:30 Special Session: Niti-ON Luncheon-Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) Hernia Repair via Minimal Parietal Wounds  Aya Kamei
13:30 - 14:30 Parallel Session 4
4A: Intraoperative Imaging  
Chairman: Enric J.S. Laporte, Spain; Marek Orban, Czech Republic
 
13:30 - 13:45 The Next Generation of Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery Alan Dart Loon Sihoe
13:45 - 14:00 Emergency Laparotomy In Patients above 90 Years Old – Use of Pre-operative Diagnosis and APACHE II Score to Predict Mortality Irene LO Lo
14:00 - 14:10 Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) for Early Colorectal Tumour Dennis C K Ng
14:10 - 14:20 Animal Model of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Utilizing Multimodality Imaging Setup; Pilot Results Marek Orban
14:20 - 14:30 Development of Swept Laser Based on Acousto-optic Tunable Filter Minghui Chen
4B: Drug Delivery Device and System   
Chairman: Hak-Kim Chan, Australia; Lan Chen, China
 
13:30 - 13:40 Experimental Study on the Vibration Grinding Method of Grinding Astragalus Jingjing Ge
13:40 - 13:50 Targeted Drug Delivery with Cyclodextrin-based Nanocarriers and Focused Ultrasound Triggering Doudou Xu
13:50 - 14:00 An Investigation into the Effect of Lactose on the Deposition Performance of DPI Formulations Ruilin Heng
14:00 - 14:10 The Effect of Different Punch Shape on the Mechanical Behavior of Pharmaceutical Powders during Direct Compaction Guoning Si
14:10 - 14:20 Influence of Mixing Environmental Condition on Flowability of Lactose Blends Xiangyun Lu
14:20 - 14:30 Effect of Different Grids on the Aerosolization Behavior of a Dry Powder Inhaler Lan Chen
14:30 - 15:40 Parallel Session 5
5A:Modelling and Simulation 2
Chairman: Gernot Kronreif, Austria ; Joris Jaspers, the Netherlands
 
14:30 - 14:40 Optimization of Insertion Force and Needle Deviation for HDR Brachytherapy Gernot Kronreif
14:40 - 14:50 Biomechanical Study of rLISS for Complex Unstable Femoral Intertrochanteric Fractures Hai Hu
14:50 - 15:00 Make It Simple but Effective: CPR Optimization in a Mathematical Model of the Circulation Yanru Zhang
15:00 - 15:10 Pilot Study: Validity Assessment of Camera Based Hand Motion Tracking for MIS Instrument Control Ewout Aart Arkenbout
15:10 - 15:20 Chromatic Aberration Reduction with Diffractive-refractive Hybrid Lenses for Medical Applications Gernot Kronreif
15:20 - 15:40 Ergonomics and Labour Saving Devices for the OR Joris Jaspers
5B: Education and Training  
Chairman: Benjie Tang, UK
;Dick  Lee, China
 
14:30 - 14:40 A Better Use of Human Cadavers for Multiple Laparoscopic Procedures Training in Different Specialties and Timeline Benjie Tang
14:40 - 14:50 Multi-National Medical device Company’s Education & Training Strategies Status in China Dick Lee
14:50 - 15:00 Enhanced Training Models for Vascular Microsurgery Uwe Spetzger
15:00 - 15:10 Developing Novel Models for TransUrethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) and Bladder tumour (TURBt) Training Benjie Tang
15:10 - 15:20 Thiel Embalmed Human Cadaver: Extracorporeal Central Arterial Circulatory Model Development Helen M McLeod
15:20 - 15:30 Needle - Scopic Appendectomy - Simple & Safe Reduced Port Laparoscopic Surgery for Residents Masahiro Waseda
15:30 - 16:30 Depature to SIMZ  
16:30 - 17:30 Medi-tour  
17:30 - 18:30 SIMZ Introduction /Invited Speech                            
Chairman: Chengli Song, China
; Dein Shaw, Taiwan, China                                                   
 
Invited Speech: Research Experiences of Medical Mechatronics Technologies in Taiwan Ming-Yih Lee
18:30 - 20:30 Gala Dinner  
9/20  Saturday
Time Program Speaker
07:30 - 08:30 MITAT Editorial Board Meeting  
09:00 - 09:45 Keynote Lecture 5: Revolutionary New Technologies for Surgery – the Next Generation Richard M. Satava 
09:45 - 10:30 Keynote Lecture 6: The Next Big Wave of Medical Innovation Paul Alan Wetter
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break  
11:00 - 12:00 Gerhard Buess Lecture:Helping Solve Our Health Care Dilemma – Physical and Virtual Medical Device Prototyping Arthur Erdman
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch  
13:00 - 14:00 iSMIT General Assembly   
14:30 - 16:00 Parallel Session 6
6A: MIS instrument   
Chairman: Jenny Dankelman, the Netherlands; Weimin Huang, Singapore
 
14:30 - 14:40 Advanced Shape Memory Technology for Minimally Invasive Surgery Weimin Huang
14:40 - 14:50 Radioembolization Using Holmium Microspheres for the Treatment of Liver Malignancies; from Thesis to Phase II Trial Jip. F. Prince
14:50 - 15:00 Improving the Surgical Process Jenny Dankelman
15:00 - 15:10 An Articulating Tacking Device for MIS Mesh Fixation Amir Szold
15:10 - 15:20 In-vivo Demonstration of High Data Rate Implant Communications Using Ultra Wideband Jacob Bergsland
15:20 - 15:30 Design of an Endovascular Morcellator for the Surgical Treatment of Cushing’s Disease in Horses Aimee Sakes
15:30 - 15:40 Arthropipe – a Novel Surgical Instrument for Temporary, Minimally Invasive Access to Joint Cavities Gernot Kronreif
15:40 - 15:50 Biocompatibility of a Novel Zinc Stent Design to Increase Opening Force and Stiffness Harald Fischer
15:50 - 16:00 Seven-degrees-of-freedom Laparoscopic Instrument with Joystick Control and Independent Tip Rotation Kunyong Lv
16:00 - 16:10 The I-Flex: a Steerable Instrument for Eye-surgery Paul Henselmans
16:10 - 16:20 Improved Needle Insertion Using a Vibrating Needle with Augmented Motion Joris Jaspers
6B:Rehabilitation Engineering and Technology  
Chairman: Wei Tech, Singapore
;Hongliu Yu, China
 
14:30 - 14:50 Critical Gaps of Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies Research Wei Tech Ang
14:50 - 15:00 Advances of  Assistive Technology for  the Patients with Limb Disabilities Ping Shi
15:00 - 15:10 Design of a Novel Wearable Exoskeleton Robotic System for Hand Rehabilitation Xinrong Liu
15:10 - 15:20 Design of a Electric Powered Wheelchair-nursing Bed Shuang Zheng
15:20 - 15:30 Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired Using the Kinect Depth Camera and Vibrotactile Technology Jing Yu
15:30 - 15:40 The Effect of Asymmetrical Loading on Gait Characteristics Ping Shi
15:40 - 15:50 Quality Evaluation of Wheelchairs Using the ISO7176 Xinying Shan
15:50 - 16:00 A Study on Validation of a New Digital Roentgen Jinwu Wang
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break  
16:30 - 17:00 iSMIT awards / Closing remarks