A novel highly articulated robotic surgical system for epicardial ablation

We have developed a novel, highly articulated robotic surgical system to enable minimally invasive intrapericardial interventions through a subxiphoid approach and have performed preliminary tests of epicardial left atrial ablation in porcine (N = 3) and human cadaver (N = 2) preparations. In this study, the novel highly articulated robotic surgical system successfully provided safe epicardial ablations to the left atrium in porcine beating heart models via a subxiphoid approach. We have also performed complex guidance of the robot and subsequent ablation in a cadaveric preparation for successful pulmonary vein isolation.

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