A Disposable Robot for Intracerebral Hemorrhage Removal¹

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a life-threatening condition that happens when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures causing blood to flow into the brain tissue and form a hematoma, compressing the brain. ICH affects around one in every 50 people in their lifetime, and approximately 40% of them will die within the first month after the ICH [1]. Treatment for ICH often involves the use of drugs, with surgical approaches sometimes employed to remove the hematoma. Since decompression is known to improve brain conditions [2], it is logical to assume that surgical decompression would lead to better surgical outcomes. However, surgery does not change mortality rates for typical patients. We hypothesize that this may be due to the damage to healthy tissue required to create an open corridor for conventional surgical tools to reach the hematoma. This process is currently similar to that used in open...