Research Article

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement

Figure 7

(a) Setup for system level evaluation on a phantom. The prototype of robotic valve deliver module is mounted on an Innomotion arm. (b) Sequence of MR images showing the progress of using our robotic system to place prosthesis under MRI guidance. First row shows the orientation adjustment of the prosthesis. Second row shows the position adjustment of the prosthesis. Third row shows the deployment of the self-expanding prosthesis.
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