Robotic positioning of standard electrophysiology catheters: A novel approach to catheter robotics

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 250-253

  Knight, Bradley ^a,c   Ayers, Gregory M ^b,d   Cohen, Todd J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Catheter Robotics Inc   (United States)

^c Catheter Robotics Inc

^d Ayers Medical Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic electrophysiology; Electrophysiology mapping; Robotic manipulation systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART INJURY; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; DOGS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MALE; ROBOTICS;

EID: 43149116098     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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