5 accepted papers
Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr), a minimally invasive approach, is becoming increasingly popular for treating mitral regurgitation (MR) since nearly half of the MR patients are non-surgical candidates. However, current TMVr devices are operated manually, increasing radiation exposure to the
Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) is growing in popularity for non-surgical mitral regurgitation (MR) patients, but the manual operation of current TMVr devices increases radiation exposure and limits telesurgery feasibility. A robotically steerable delivery system can alleviate these problem
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common type of valvular heart disease, affecting over 2% of the world population, and the gold-standard treatment is surgical mitral valve repair/replacement. Compared to open-heart surgeries, minimally invasive surgeries (MIS) using transcatheter approaches hav
This paper presents the mechanism and design of a robotically steerable catheter system for percutaneous and minimally invasive treatment of mitral regurgitation. One of the main causes of mitral regurgitation is an impaired mitral valve topology, that results in severe heart-related diseases. Repai…
Mitral regurgitation is one of the most common heart diseases caused by ventricular dysfunction or anatomic abnormality of the mitral valve. The fundamental treatment for mitral regurgitation is to repair/replace the mitral valve through open-heart surgery which is risky and requires more time to re…