Design of a Surgical Port for Minimally Invasive Beating-Heart Intracardial Procedures

Direct-access, minimally invasive, beating-heart intracardial procedures have the potential to replace many traditional surgical procedures requiring cardio-pulmonary bypass as long as micro-emboli are prevented from entering the cardiovascular system. A new surgical port was developed to introduce...

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Main Authors: Vasilyev, Nikolay V., del Nido, Pedro J., Di Biasio, Christopher M, Durand, Keith V, Hopkins, Jonathan B, Traina, Zachary J, Slocum Jr., Alexander H
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Published: ASME International 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120037