YOSHIMITSU Kitaro
   Department   Research Institutes and Facilities, Research Institutes and Facilities
   Position   Assistant Professor (Fixed Term)
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title A novel four-wire-driven robotic catheter for radio-frequency ablation treatment
Journal Formal name:International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Abbreviation:Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg
ISSN code:18616410/18616429
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Volume, Issue, Page 9(5),pp.867-874
Author and coauthor YOSHIMITSU Kitaro†, KATO Takahisa, SONG Sang-Eun , HATA Nobuhiko
Authorship Lead author
Publication date 2014/09
Summary Abstract Purpose Robotic catheters have been proposed to increase the efficacy and safety
of the radio-frequency ablation treatment. The robotized motion of current robotic catheters
mimics the motion of manual ones-namely, deflection in one direction and rotation around
the catheter. With the expectation that the higher dexterity may achieve further efficacy and
safety of the robotically driven treatment, we prototyped a four-wire-driven robotic catheter
with the ability to deflect in two-degree-of-freedom motions in addition to rotation. Methods
DOI 10.1007/s11548-014-0982-3