An intelligent catheter system robotic controlled catheter system.
We have developed a novel catheter system, an intelligent catheter system, which is able to control a catheter by an externally-placed controller. This system has made from master-slave mechanism and has following three components; 1) a joy stick as a master (for operators) 2) a catheter controller as a slave (for a patient), 3) a micro force sensor as a sensing device. This catheter tele-guiding system has abilities to perform intravascular procedures from the distant places. It may help to reduce the radiation exposures to the operators and also to help train young doctors.
Negoro
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Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine; Hagoya, Japan.
Tanimoto
M
M
Arai
F
F
Fukuda
T
T
Fukasaku
K
K
Takahashi
I
I
Miyachi
S
S