A cable-driven soft robot surgical system for cardiothoracic endoscopic surgery: preclinical tests in animals

摘要

Background Minimally invasive surgery attracts more and more attention because of the advantages of minimal trauma, less bleeding and pain and low complication rate. However, minimally invasive surgery for beating hearts is still a challenge. Our goal is to develop a soft robot surgical system for single-port minimally invasive surgery on a beating heart.