Cardiac catheter control using actuator wire

The main goal of this research is to design a snake-like robot arm to provide control of a cardiac catheter for use in endovascular aortic repair that is small, cheap, and easy to use. This will help increase the number of aortic aneurysms eligible for endovascular repair and make the procedure simp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Snyder, Adam Thomas
Other Authors: Andersen, David R.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5855
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7333&context=etd