A cable-driven soft robot surgical system for cardiothoracic endoscopic surgery: preclinical tests in animals.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
Published Date: Nov 17, 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive surgery attracts more and more attention because of the advantages of minimal trauma, less bleeding and pain and low complication rate. However, minimally invasive surgery for beating hearts is still a challenge. Our goal is to develop a soft robot surgical system for single-port minimally invasive surgery on a beating heart.

Authors

  • Hesheng Wang
    Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
  • Runxi Zhang
    Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
  • Weidong Chen
    School of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230031, China.
  • Xiaozhou Wang
    Shanghai Chest Hospital, 241 West Huaihai Road, Shanghai, 200030, China. wangxzmd@126.com.
  • Rolf Pfeifer
    Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.

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