Picture of newly-developed robotic catheter (Korea Institute of Equipment and Supplies through The Korea Herald/Asia Information Community)
SEOUL — South Korean researchers have developed the nation’s first robotic catheter system that may be inserted into human organs to carry out interventional therapies, the Korea Institute of Equipment and Supplies stated Monday.
A catheter is a skinny tube-like medical machine that may be inserted within the physique to deal with illnesses or carry out surgical procedures. Interventional therapies, which consult with treating surgery-requiring-diseases by way of non-surgical procedures, have been carried out in a variety of medical fields, particularly in cardiovascular therapy.
The brand new robotic catheter system, developed by a analysis workforce led by Kim Ki-young on the KIMM, is a curved guiding catheter that may be bent in two instructions whereas the present fashions might solely be bent in a method. The aim of a guiding catheter is to steer one other catheter for therapy to its surgical location for deep insertion with out damaging organ tissues.
The KIMM stated the brand new system has two guiding catheters — an outer catheter that stabilizes motion and an interior catheter that flexibly positions the machine to its desired spot — so it permits for a neater and easier management.
In line with the researchers, they developed a one-to-one linkage for every strand of the driving wire to function the related motor whereas utilizing the expertise that may management the variability of stiffness to regulate the strain of the robotic catheter.
The brand new robotic catheter prevents tissue damages because it makes use of a extra versatile tube, not like the standard overseas merchandise that use springs, the KIMM stated. The brand new system additionally has the benefit of decreasing radiation publicity of medical employees through the arrhythmia analysis course of because the system relies on a robotics system, it added.
“This achievement is significant in that we developed a robotic catheter system, which might scale back radiation publicity with home expertise, and made management of the catheter simpler,” stated Kim.
“We are going to assist sufferers with coronary heart, lung and bladder illnesses by way of follow-up analysis for commercialization in cooperation with corporations and hospitals.”
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