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A parallel wire robot for epicardial interventions.
Article in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Development of a Flexible Parallel Wire Robot for Epicardial Interventions.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2026Article
- Cable Tension Optimization for an Epicardial Parallel Wire Robot.Journal of medical devices · 2023Article
- Introducer Design Concepts for an Epicardial Parallel Wire Robot.Robotic surgery (Auckland) · 2021Article
- Physiological motion modeling for organ-mounted robots.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2017Article
- Parallel Force/Position Control of an Epicardial Parallel Wire Robot.IEEE robotics and automation letters · 2016Article
- Auto-Calibration for a Planar Epicardial Wire Robot.Proceedings of the IEEE ... annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference. IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference · 2015Article
- Toward hybrid force/position control for the Cerberus epicardial robot.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2015Article
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This paper describes the design and preliminary testing of a planar parallel wire robot that adheres to the surface of the beating heart and provides a stable platform for minimally invasive epicardial therapies. The device is deployed through a small subxiphoid skin incision and attaches to the heart using suction. This methodology obviates mechanical stabilization and lung deflation, which are typically required during minimally invasive beating-heart surgery. The prototype design involves three vacuum chambers connected by two flexible arms. The chambers adhere to the epicardium, forming the vertices of a triangular base structure. Three cables connect a movable end-effector head to the three bases; the cables then pass out of the body to external actuators. The surgical tool moves within the triangular workspace to perform injections, ablation, or other tasks on the beating heart. Tests in vitro and in vivo were conducted to demonstrate the capabilities of the system. Tests in vivo successfully demonstrated the ability to deploy through a subxiphoid incision, adhere to the surface of the beating heart, move the surgical tool head within the robot's workspace, and perform injections into the myocardium.
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