Abstract
Endovascular intervention is expected to become increasingly popular in medical practice, both for diagnosis and for surgery. Accordingly, researches of robotic systems for endovascular surgery assistant have been carried out widely. Robotic system takes advantages of higher precision, can be controlled remotely, etc. In this chapter, a novel robotic catheter manipulation system is presented. The developed system consists of two parts, one is the controller and the other one is the catheter manipulator. The controller is designed to simulate the surgeon's operating procedure, and the catheter manipulator takes the same movement motion with the controller. An Internet-based communication between the controller and the catheter manipulator has been built. Performance evaluation of the mechanical system was assessed by experiments to quantify the precision of both controller and catheter manipulator. In order to keep the safety of the operation, force monitoring system are developed and installed on the system. Finally, two-way remote surgery experiments were carried out between Japan and China.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Selected Topics in Micro/Nano-Robotics for Biomedical Applications |
| Publisher | Springer New York |
| Pages | 175-190 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Volume | 9781441984111 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781441984111 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1441984100, 9781441984104 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |