Improved traction for a mobile robot traveling on the heart

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 339-342

  Patronik, N A ^a   Ota, T ^b   Zenati, M A ^a,b   Riviere, C N ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; TISSUE;

EPICARDIAL SURFACE; EPICARDIAL TISSUES; HEART; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; FRICTION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTION; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; MOTION; PERICARDIUM; ROBOTICS; SHEEP; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34047131812     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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