Robotic implant to apply tissue traction forces in the treatment of esophageal atresia
Robotic implant to apply tissue traction forces in the treatment of esophageal atresia
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机器人植入物在食管闭锁的治疗中施加组织牵引力
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2014
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P. Dupont
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Dana D. Damian;Slava Arabagi;A. Fabozzo;P. Ngo;R. Jennings;M. Manfredi;P. Dupont
本文介绍了机器人植入物作为一种新型的治疗食道闭锁的医疗机器人。机器人植入物的设计是对两个断开的食管段施加牵引力，以诱导足够的生长，使两端可以连接在一起，形成功能正常的食道。与目前外部施加牵引力的手动方法不同，该植入物提供了避免患者长时间镇静的可能性，并显著减少了所需的X光次数。给出了一个原型设计和评估实验，证明了它对体外食道组织施加牵引力的能力。
This paper introduces robotic implants as a novel class of medical robots in the context of treating esophageal atresia. The robotic implant is designed to apply traction forces to the two disconnected esophageal segments to induce sufficient growth so that the two ends can be joined together to form a functioning esophagus. In contrast to the current manual method of externally applying traction forces, the implant offers the potential to avoid prolonged patient sedation and to substantially reduce the number of X-rays required. A prototype design is presented along with evaluation experiments that demonstrate its capabilities to apply traction forces to ex vivo esophageal tissues.