National Endoscopic Device Based on Hydrodynamic Cavitation for Biomedical Applications

National Endoscopic Device Based on Hydrodynamic Cavitation for Biomedical Applications

TÜBİTAK 1003   2013 – 2016   ·   Co-Investigator

The project produced a national prototype of an endoscopic device that exploits small-scale hydrodynamic cavitation for selective biomedical interventions, including tumour-tissue ablation.

Hydrodynamic cavitation provides a localised, non-thermal mechanism of tissue disruption that can be steered through standard endoscopic working channels. The team designed bespoke cavitating geometries, validated them experimentally in fluidic and tissue phantoms, and developed control strategies suitable for clinical workflows.

The work catalysed ASIL’s continuing research line on flexible-cystoscopy and continuum-robotic devices for cavitation-based therapy, with downstream outputs published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, and the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Resulting technology is referenced in ASIL’s portfolio of patents and SCI-indexed publications.

Funder: TÜBİTAK 1003 — Priority Areas R&D Projects Support Programme. Project period: 2013–2016.