Conferences

Teodorescu DL, Reeves CA, McGarel S, Mehra M, Roche ET. “Modulating Left Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Exit Site Biomechanics: A Systematic Approach To Achieving Percutaneous Implant Forgettability”, American Society of Artificial Internal Organs 66th Annual Conference. Virtual Meeting.

Horvath MA, Hu L, Mueller T, Roche ET. “Design and Fabrication of an In Vitro Model of Human Respiration Based on Soft Biomimetic Mechanisms”. 3rd Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). Virtual Meeting.

Ozturk C, Rosalia L, Nguyen CT, Roche ET. “Computational Modeling of a Novel Soft Robotic Implant for Pressure Overload-Induced Heart Failure”. 3rd Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). Virtual Meeting.

Park C, Roche ET. “Development of an Organosynthetic Left Ventricle”. American Society of Artificial Organs. San Francisco, CA. 

Mendez K, Whyte W, Duffy GP, Roche ET. “SoftSwitch: A Soft Implantable Device for On/Off Drug Release”. Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, London, England.

Weafer F, Roche ET, McHugh PE, Gilvarry M. “Characterisation of Strut Indentation During Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Clot Analogues”. Bioengineering in Ireland Conference, Belfast, Nothern Ireland.

Dolan EB, Horvath MA, Varela CE, Roche ET. “In Vivo Comparison of a Silicone and Mesh-Based Device-Tissue Interface for Extracardiac Devices”. World Congress of Biomechanics. Dublin, Ireland.

Fan Y, Ronan W, McHugh PE, Roche ET. “A Comparison of Two Dynamic Computational Models for Cardiac Mechanics and Assessment of Intra-Myocardial Injection as a Therapeutic Strategy for Heart Failure”. World Congress of Biomechanics. Dublin, Ireland.

Whyte W, Roche ET. “Therepi: An Implantable System Enabling Targeted Cardiac Therapy with a Replenishable, Epicardial Reservoir”. World Congress of Biomechanics. Dublin, Ireland.

Hu L, Saaed M, Wamala I, Payne CJ, VanStory D, Roche ET, Vasilyev NV. “Development of a Foldable, Self-Assembling, Structural Brace for a Soft Robotic Assist Device. American Society of Artificial Organs Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 

Roche ET, Shirazi RN, Weafer F, McHugh PE. Computational Modelling of Therapy Pharnacokinetics into Ischemic Heart Tissue from an Implantable Reservoir Delivery System. Bioengineering in Ireland Conference, Belfast. 2017 Jan 20

Payne CJ, Wamala I, Abah C, Thalhofer T, Saeed M, Bautista-Salinas D, Horvath MA, Vasilyev NV, Roche ET, Pigula FA, Walsh CJ. Wearable Soft Robotic Device Supports the Failing Heart in vivo. Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics. 2017 Jun 25 (p. 37). DOI: 10.31256/hsmr2017.19

Weafer F, Mc Hugh PE, Roche ET. Therapy transport into ischemic heart tissue from an implantable therapy reservoir device. European Advanced Materials Congress, Stockholm. 2017 Aug 22. Winner of International Association of Advanced Materials Scientist Medal, 2017 area of ‘Biomaterials and Biodevices’

Weafer F, Roche ET, McHugh P, Gilvarry M. Characterisation of Strut Indentation during Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Clot Analogues. Bioengineering in Ireland Conference, Belfast. 2017 Jan 20.

Roche ET, Wamala I, Horvath M, Song, SE, Vasilyev NV, Machaidze Z, Mooney DJ, Walsh CJ, Pigula FA. Soft Robotic Synchronized Actuation Improves Cardiac Output in a Porcine Model of Heart Failure. Harvard Medical School Research Day, Boston. 2015 May.

Fabozzo A*, Roche ET*, Lee Y, Polygerinos P, Friehs I, Schuster L, Casar Berazaluce AM, Bueno A, Lang N, Pereira M, Feins E, Wassermann S, O’Cearbhaill ED, Vasilyev NV, Mooney DJ, Karp JM, del Nido, PJ, Walsh CJ. Enabling minimally invasive atraumatic repair of intracardiac septal defects with light. American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting. 2015 Jul. (*co-first author)