Design and Evaluation of the infant Cardiac Robotic Surgical System (iCROSS)

Po-Chih Chen,Pei-An Hsieh,Jing-Yuan Huang,Shu-Chien Huang,Cheng-Wei Chen,Po-Chih Chen,Pei-An Hsieh,Jing-Yuan Huang,Shu-Chien Huang,Cheng-Wei Chen

In this study, the infant Cardiac Robotic Surgical System (iCROSS) is developed to assist a surgeon in performing the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure and other infant cardiac surgeries. The iCROSS is a dual-arm robot allowing two surgical instruments to collaborate in a narrow space while keeping a sufficiently large workspace. Compared with the existing surgical robotic systems, the iCROSS...