Automated knot tying for fixation in minimally invasive, robot-assisted cardiac surgery
JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 127(6), 1001–1008.
By:
J. Kuniholm n, G. Buckner n, W. Nifong* & M. Orrico
MeSH headings : Cardiac Surgical Procedures / instrumentation; Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods; Endoscopes; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / instrumentation; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods; Robotics / instrumentation; Robotics / methods; Surgery, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation; Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods; Suture Techniques / instrumentation
TL;DR:
A design for a self-contained device for MIRA cardiac procedures that automates the knotting of sutures and suggests that consistent knots can be delivered at a time savings of 12.5% and 26.4% over manual knots for trained and untrained users of a surgical robot, respectively.
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