Operating theatre of the future
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Jenny Dankelman delivered the first Van Leeuwenhoek lecture, on the operating theatre of the future. Dankelman and her colleagues are collaborating with clinicians to improve minimally invasive operating techniques. Take the steerable needle for example. “This doesn’t exist yet, but when, for example, a doctor is taking a biopsy, he needs to be able to adjust the position if it’s not quite right first time. The biggest problem with a steerable needle is that it also needs to be rigid. There are some great challenges for us there,” says Dankelman. The Van Leeuwenhoek Lecture was formerly known as the Hippolytus Lecture and is open to everyone in Delft who wants to know more about technology.
