Project Overview

Our project intends to simulate a noninvasive tool moving throughout the brain while producing minimal damage on brain tissue. This technology could be used for future surgeries in sensitive areas of the body in order to remain as minimally invasive as possible. This will be done by sending a small magnetically guided probe along a circular path through gel, which will be used to mimic the properties of soft tissue. There will be a magnet positioned statically outside of the gel's container, and will pull the probe forward, tangentially from the designated path. The dish containing the gel will be then rotated so that the probe, while continuously moving forward, will actually be traveling in a circle throughout the gel. This entire operation will be controlled via a computer program that will take into account the position of the probe in the gel, and decide whether or not the dish should be rotated.