The manipulation of fast moving, delicate tissues in beating heart procedures presents a considerable challenge to the surgeon. A robotic force tracking system can assist the surge...
Shelten G. Yuen, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vas...
— Robot assisted heart surgery allows surgeons to operate on a heart while it is still beating as if it had been stopped. The robot actively cancels heart motion by closely follo...
Timothy J. Franke, Ozkan Bebek, Murat Cenk Cavusog...
— In order to perform coronary artery bypass graft surgery, a stationary heart is necessary. A human cannot achieve manual tracking of the complex heartbeat motion. Robotics tech...
Timothy J. Franke, Ozkan Bebek, Murat Cenk Cavusog...
—New 3D ultrasound visualization has enabled minimally invasive, beating-heart intracardiac procedures. However, rapid motion of internal heart structures limits the realization ...
Daniel T. Kettler, Richard D. Plowes, Paul M. Novo...
— Beating heart procedures promise significant health benefits to patients but the fast motion of the heart poses a serious challenge to the surgeon. Robotic motion synchroniza...