Towards Less Invasive Instruments For Cardiac Tissue Stabilizing

Beating-heart surgery is performed to reduce patient trauma but depending on the intervention requires tissue stabilization through vacuum cardiac tissue stabilizers. Current designs either require open chest sternotomy or display significant residual motion when used minimally invasively. Active mo...

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Main Authors: Moenkemoeller Raphael, Budde Leon, Martin Ulrich, Martens Andreas, Seel Thomas
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2024-12-01
Series:Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2024-2109
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Budde Leon
Martin Ulrich
Martens Andreas
Seel Thomas
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description Beating-heart surgery is performed to reduce patient trauma but depending on the intervention requires tissue stabilization through vacuum cardiac tissue stabilizers. Current designs either require open chest sternotomy or display significant residual motion when used minimally invasively. Active motion compensation methods require complex control algorithms and expensive technology. We propose a novel design for a vacuum tissue stabilizer with expandable suction feet enabling a larger stabilized area and increased motion reduction. Its performance is evaluated on a heart phantom using a silicon membrane mimicking cardiac tissue properties. The motion of the membrane is captured using a stereo camera and marker points on the membrane surface. The results are then compared to a state-of-the-art tissue stabilizer. The extended stabilizer is found to stabilize a 110% larger area while achieving similar motion amplitude reduction. Thus, extendable stabilizers seem to be a promising solution for improved cardiac tissue stabilization in less invasive beating-heart surgery.
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spelling doaj-art-a01b145a7dce4e2b9a6c86f2ba53b5912025-08-20T02:58:46ZengDe GruyterCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering2364-55042024-12-0110444544810.1515/cdbme-2024-2109Towards Less Invasive Instruments For Cardiac Tissue StabilizingMoenkemoeller Raphael0Budde Leon1Martin Ulrich2Martens Andreas3Seel Thomas4Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Institute of Mechatronic Systems, An der Universitat 1,Hanover, GermanyLeibniz Universitat Hannover, Institute of Mechatronic Systems,Hanover, GermanyLeibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs, Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School,Hanover, GermanyDepartment of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School,Hanover, GermanyLeibniz Universitat Hannover, Institute of Mechatronic Systems,Hanover, GermanyBeating-heart surgery is performed to reduce patient trauma but depending on the intervention requires tissue stabilization through vacuum cardiac tissue stabilizers. Current designs either require open chest sternotomy or display significant residual motion when used minimally invasively. Active motion compensation methods require complex control algorithms and expensive technology. We propose a novel design for a vacuum tissue stabilizer with expandable suction feet enabling a larger stabilized area and increased motion reduction. Its performance is evaluated on a heart phantom using a silicon membrane mimicking cardiac tissue properties. The motion of the membrane is captured using a stereo camera and marker points on the membrane surface. The results are then compared to a state-of-the-art tissue stabilizer. The extended stabilizer is found to stabilize a 110% larger area while achieving similar motion amplitude reduction. Thus, extendable stabilizers seem to be a promising solution for improved cardiac tissue stabilization in less invasive beating-heart surgery.https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2024-2109heart surgerycardiac tissue stabilizeractive stabilizationminimally invasivemedical robotics
spellingShingle Moenkemoeller Raphael
Budde Leon
Martin Ulrich
Martens Andreas
Seel Thomas
Towards Less Invasive Instruments For Cardiac Tissue Stabilizing
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
heart surgery
cardiac tissue stabilizer
active stabilization
minimally invasive
medical robotics
title Towards Less Invasive Instruments For Cardiac Tissue Stabilizing
title_full Towards Less Invasive Instruments For Cardiac Tissue Stabilizing
title_fullStr Towards Less Invasive Instruments For Cardiac Tissue Stabilizing
title_full_unstemmed Towards Less Invasive Instruments For Cardiac Tissue Stabilizing
title_short Towards Less Invasive Instruments For Cardiac Tissue Stabilizing
title_sort towards less invasive instruments for cardiac tissue stabilizing
topic heart surgery
cardiac tissue stabilizer
active stabilization
minimally invasive
medical robotics
url https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2024-2109
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