DocumentCode
3713646
Title
Design concept of a micro robot delivery system
Author
Hyo-Jeong Cha; Byung-Ju Yi
Author_Institution
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea
fYear
2015
Firstpage
516
Lastpage
517
Abstract
Coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO) is one of the endovascular diseases, which is complete or almost complete blockage of a coronary artery. To remove the calcificated blockages clearly freely and precise control of catheters and guidewires are necessary for CTO treatment. The microrobot can implement drilling motion and move freely in the artery due to its size. However, the catheter insertion site is too far from the lesion, and the microrobot has not enough driving force, so it is necessary for not only the micro robot but also microrobot delivery system. The microrobot delivery system can help the microrobot to reach the CTO safely, generate more torque, and tap the blockage. In this paper, design concept of the microrobot delivery system is proposed.
Keywords
"Arteries","Catheters","Phantoms"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2015 12th International Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/URAI.2015.7358818
Filename
7358818
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