Pahl Christina, Ebelt Henning, Sayahkarajy Mostafa, Supriyanto Eko, Soesanto Amiliana
Biomechatronics Group, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universitaet Ilmenau, 98693, Ilmenau, Germany.
Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
J Med Syst. 2017 Aug 15;41(10):148. doi: 10.1007/s10916-017-0786-4.
This paper proposes a robotic Transesophageal Echocardiography (TOE) system concept for Catheterization Laboratories. Cardiovascular disease causes one third of all global mortality. TOE is utilized to assess cardiovascular structures and monitor cardiac function during diagnostic procedures and catheter-based structural interventions. However, the operation of TOE underlies various conditions that may cause a negative impact on performance, the health of the cardiac sonographer and patient safety. These factors have been conflated and evince the potential of robot-assisted TOE. Hence, a careful integration of clinical experience and Systems Engineering methods was used to develop a concept and physical model for TOE manipulation. The motion of different actuators of the fabricated motorized system has been tested. It is concluded that the developed medical system, counteracting conflated disadvantages, represents a progressive approach for cardiac healthcare.
本文提出了一种用于心导管实验室的机器人经食管超声心动图（TOE）系统概念。心血管疾病导致全球三分之一的死亡率。在诊断程序和基于导管的结构性干预过程中，TOE被用于评估心血管结构和监测心脏功能。然而，TOE的操作存在各种可能对性能、心脏超声检查技师的健康以及患者安全产生负面影响的情况。这些因素相互交织，显示出机器人辅助TOE的潜力。因此，我们精心整合了临床经验和系统工程方法，以开发TOE操作的概念和物理模型。已对制造的电动系统中不同执行器的运动进行了测试。得出的结论是，所开发的医疗系统克服了诸多不利因素，代表了心脏医疗保健的一种进步方法。
