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SUMMARY:IMX Colloquium - Advancing Surgery with Multi-material Fibers: Fro
 m Laser Fibers to Fiber Robots
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Burak Temelkuran\, Imperial College London\, UK\nAt the 
 beginning of the new millennium\, a polymer sheet coated with a chalcogeni
 de glass\, rolled around a sacrificial mandrel and drawn into a fibre\, pr
 esented a number of novelties: A new way of guiding light\, a waveguide no
 t limited by its materials’ optical properties and hence having the abil
 ity to transmit light at any chosen wavelength\, nanometre scale control o
 f features and geometries at kilometre length scales\, and last but not le
 ast\, first steps of the field of multimaterial fibres that changed the wa
 y we think about fibres. The resulting fibre found its immediate applicati
 on in the medical field and served about half a million patients up to dat
 e in various surgical specialities as a precise optical scalpel\, enabling
  high-precision removal of cancer.\nWith the enriched choice of materials 
 and the development of manufacturing technologies\, we have focused on exp
 loring further the potential contribution of multimaterial fibres to medic
 ine. Together with clinicians\, scientists\, and engineers\, we are invest
 igating the therapeutic\, diagnostic\, and robotic applications of these m
 aterials to enhance our understanding and treatment of cancer\, utilising 
 the potential of integrating and miniaturising various functions on a sing
 le fibre.\n\nBio: Dr Temelkuran received his MS (1996) and PhD (2000) degr
 ees from the Department of Physics at Bilkent University\, Turkey. As a po
 stdoctoral researcher at MIT (2000-2002)\, Dr Temelkuran has contributed t
 o the discovery of the 1D omnidirectional reflecting fibre. His research l
 ed to a number of foundational publications that pioneered the field of mu
 lti-material fibres. He led the technology transfer process of this fibre 
 to a start-up company\, and he was actively present at every step of the t
 ranslation of his invention from the laboratory to operating theatres. His
  invention has been used in over 500\,000 laser surgeries to date\, mostly
  helping cancer patients.\nDr Temelkuran joined the Hamlyn Centre in 2016 
 and has been a lecturer in the Department of Metabolism\, Digestion and Re
 production since 2021. Dr Temelkuran’s team focuses on the medical appli
 cation of multi-material fibres: Functional fibres for minimally invasive 
 interventions\, fibre robots\, fibre sensors\, laser delivery mechanisms\,
  laser-tissue interactions of surgical lasers\, and their therapeutic and 
 diagnostic applications. His research targets unmet needs in medicine\, wi
 th his expertise in the field of multi-material fibres and his 15 years of
  experience in the medical industry bridging engineering and medical scien
 ces.
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