— One of the potential benefits of robotic systems in cardiac surgery is that their use can increase the number of possible off-pump (beating heart) coronary artery bypass graft...
— In order to assist surgeons during surgery on moving organs, e.g. minimally invasive beating heart bypass surgery, a master-slave system which synchronizes surgical instruments...
Thomas Bader, Alexander Wiedemann, Kathrin Roberts...
Abstract. The manipulation of fast moving, delicate tissues in beating heart procedures presents a considerable challenge to surgeons. We present a new robotic force stabilization ...
Shelten G. Yuen, Michael C. Yip, Nikolay V. Vasi...
—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...