The Robin Heart robot 2010 – research report

Zbigniew Nawrat

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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The Robin Heart robot 2010 – research report

Zbigniew Nawrat

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2011; 8 (1): 126–135

Online publish date: 2011/04/13

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The presented work presents the current works led in Zabrze’s team connected with project of Robin Heart surgical robot. Two operations on pigs: cholecystectomia and the elements of repair operation of mitral and tricuspid valve were carried out in January 2009. TECAB – the operation the coronary by-pass on beating heart – have been passed to another date. It was decided to build a new robot. In May 2010 conducted the first experiment, a specially designed robot Robin Heart mc2. Purpose of the experiments has been achieved: new construction work has been accepted by the surgical team.

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The Robin Heart robot 2010 – research report

Zbigniew Nawrat

surgical robots, surgical tools, cardiac surgery, in vivo experiments, teleoperation, surgery planning, virtual reality technology