In-Vivo Validation of a Novel Robotic Platform for Endovascular Intervention.

Journal: IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: In-vivo validation on animal setting of a pneumatically propelled robot for endovascular intervention, to determine safety and clinical advantage of robotic cannulations compared to manual operation.

Authors

  • Giulio Dagnino
    Department of Advanced Robotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
  • Dennis Kundrat
    Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
  • Trevor M Y Kwok
  • Mohamed E M K Abdelaziz
  • Wenqiang Chi
    Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. wenqiang.chi10@imperial.ac.uk.
  • Anh Nguyen
    Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, AL, USA. Electronic address: anhnguyen@auburn.edu.
  • Celia Riga
    Academic Division of Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
  • Guang-Zhong Yang
    Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. dgunning@fb.com gzyang@sjtu.edu.cn.