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Li P, Feng J, Zhang X, Fang D, Zhang J, Liang C. Modeling and experimental study of the intervention forces between the guidewire and blood vessels. Med Eng Phys 2024; 127:104166. [PMID: 38692765 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2024.104166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
Abstract
A profound investigation of the interaction mechanics between blood vessels and guidewires is necessary to achieve safe intervention. An interactive force model between guidewires and blood vessels is established based on cardiovascular fluid dynamics theory and contact mechanics, considering two intervention phases (straight intervention and contact intervention at a corner named "J-vessel"). The contributing factors of the force model, including intervention conditions, guidewire characteristics, and intravascular environment, are analyzed. A series of experiments were performed to validate the availability of the interactive force model and explore the effects of influential factors on intervention force. The intervention force data were collected using a 2-DOF mechanical testing system instrumented with a force sensor. The guidewire diameter and material were found to significantly impact the intervention force. Additionally, the intervention force was influenced by factors such as blood viscosity, blood vessel wall thickness, blood flow velocity, as well as the interventional velocity and interventional mode. The experiment of the intervention in a coronary artery physical vascular model confirms the practicality validation of the predicted force model and can provide an optimized interventional strategy for vascular interventional surgery. The enhanced intervention strategy has resulted in a considerable reduction of approximately 21.97 % in the force exerted on blood vessels, effectively minimizing the potential for complications associated with the interventional surgery.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pan Li
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, College of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, College of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, College of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, College of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, College of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR 999077, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, China.
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Chitalia Y, Sarma A, Brumfiel TA, Deaton NJ, Sheft M, Desai JP. Model-based Design of the COAST Guidewire Robot for Large Deflection. IEEE Robot Autom Lett 2023; 8:5345-5352. [PMID: 37614723 PMCID: PMC10443931 DOI: 10.1109/lra.2023.3286125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Minimally invasive endovascular procedures involve the manual placement of a guidewire, which is made difficult by vascular tortuosity and the lack of precise tip control. Steerable guidewire systems have been developed with tendon-driven, magnetic, and concentric tube actuation strategies to enable precise tip control, however, selecting machining parameters for such robots does not have a strict procedure. In this paper, we develop a systematic design procedure for selecting the tube pairs of the COaxially Aligned STeerable (COAST) guidewire robot. This includes the introduction of a mechanical model that accounts for micromachining-induced pre-curvatures with the goal of determining design parameters that reduce combined distal tip pre-curvature and minimize abrupt changes in actuated tip position for the COAST guidewire robot through selection of the best flexural rigidity between the tube pairs. We present adjustments in the kinematics modeling of COAST robot tip bending motion, and use these to characterize the bending behavior of the COAST robot for varying geometries of the micromachined tubes, with an average RMSE value for the tip position error of 0.816 mm in the validation study.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yash Chitalia
- Healthcare Robotics and Telesurgery (HeaRT) Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, KY, USA. He contributed to the work presented in this paper when he was a graduate student in the RoboMed Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA
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- contributed to the work presented in this paper when he was a graduate student in the RoboMed Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA
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- Medical Robotics and Automation (RoboMed) Laboratory, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Medical Robotics and Automation (RoboMed) Laboratory, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- contributed to the work presented in this paper when she was an undergraduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology
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- Medical Robotics and Automation (RoboMed) Laboratory, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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von Hessling A, Reyes Del Castillo T, Karwacki G, Roos JE. The Columbus steerable guidewire in neurointerventions: early clinical experience and applications. J Neurointerv Surg 2021; 14:291-296. [PMID: 33947767 PMCID: PMC8862046 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-017296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Objective To report our early experience in using the steerable ‘Columbus’ guidewire, also known as ‘Drivewire’ in the USA, and its potential applications in neurovascular interventions. Methods Neurointerventions in 36 patients (20 female, 16 male) using the steerable Columbus guidewire were recorded from August 2019 to December 2020 and included a variety of neurovascular procedures: Treatment of aneurysms (n=17), thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke (n=12), and others (n=7), such as treatment of stenosis and embolization procedures. Immediate follow-up with digital subtraction angiography and tracking of each patient’s clinical outcome was performed. Results In 35 out of 36 cases, the target vessel was reached with Columbus, including advancement of the appropriate microcatheter. In 14 cases, additional wires were used, mainly because of the nature of the procedures (eg, use of multiple wires/buddy wires or exchange maneuvers). In five cases, the Columbus wire was damaged by the operator and had to be replaced. Peri-interventional complications occurred in two patients, neither attributed to the Columbus guidewire. Conclusions The new Columbus neurovascular guidewire has the unique ability to be shaped within the patient. Currently available versions lack torquability compared with other available guidewires but offer tremendous support at the tip, allowing maneuvers which are impossible with other wires on the market.
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- Alexander von Hessling
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital Zentrumsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital Zentrumsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital Zentrumsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital Zentrumsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
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Heidt T, Reiss S, Lottner T, Özen AC, Bode C, Bock M, von Zur Mühlen C. Magnetic resonance imaging for pathobiological assessment and interventional treatment of the coronary arteries. Eur Heart J Suppl 2020; 22:C46-C56. [PMID: 32368198 PMCID: PMC7189741 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/suaa009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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X-ray-based fluoroscopy is the standard tool for diagnostics and intervention in coronary artery disease. In recent years, computed tomography has emerged as a non-invasive alternative to coronary angiography offering detection of coronary calcification and imaging of the vessel lumen by the use of iodinated contrast agents. Even though currently available invasive or non-invasive techniques can show the degree of vessel stenosis, they are unable to provide information about biofunctional plaque properties, e.g. plaque inflammation. Furthermore, the use of radiation and the necessity of iodinated contrast agents remain unfavourable prerequisites. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a radiation-free alternative to X-ray which offers anatomical and functional imaging contrasts fostering the idea of non-invasive biofunctional assessment of the coronary vessel wall. In combination with molecular contrast agents that target-specific epitopes of the vessel wall, MRI might reveal unique plaque properties rendering it, for example, ‘vulnerable and prone to rupture’. Early detection of these lesions may allow for early or prophylactic treatment even before an adverse coronary event occurs. Besides diagnostic imaging, advances in real-time image acquisition and motion compensation now provide grounds for MRI-guided coronary interventions. In this article, we summarize our research on MRI-based molecular imaging in cardiovascular disease and feature our advances towards real-time MRI-based coronary interventions in a porcine model.
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- Timo Heidt
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology and Angiology I, Heart Center Freiburg University and Faculty of Medicine, Hugstetterstr. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Freiburg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Stefan-Meier-Str. 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology and Angiology I, Heart Center Freiburg University and Faculty of Medicine, Hugstetterstr. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology and Angiology I, Heart Center Freiburg University and Faculty of Medicine, Hugstetterstr. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Chitalia Y, Deaton NJ, Jeong S, Rahman N, Desai JP. Towards FBG-Based Shape Sensing for Micro-scale and Meso-Scale Continuum Robots with Large Deflection. IEEE Robot Autom Lett 2020; 5:1712-1719. [PMID: 32258410 DOI: 10.1109/lra.2020.2969934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Endovascular and endoscopic surgical procedures require micro-scale and meso-scale continuum robotic tools to navigate complex anatomical structures. In numerous studies, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based shape sensing has been used for measuring the deflection of continuum robots on larger scales, but has proved to be a challenge for micro-scale and meso-scale robots with large deflections. In this paper, we have developed a sensor by mounting an FBG fiber within a micromachined nitinol tube whose neutral axis is shifted to one side due to the machining. This shifting of the neutral axis allows the FBG core to experience compressive strain when the tube bends. The fabrication method of the sensor has been explicitly detailed and the sensor has been tested with two tendon-driven micro-scale and meso-scale continuum robots with outer diameters of 0.41 mm and 1.93 mm respectively. The compact sensor allows repeatable and reliable estimates of the shape of both scales of robots with minimal hysteresis. We propose an analytical model to derive the curvature of the robot joints from FBG fiber strain and a static model that relates joint curvature to the tendon force. Finally, as proof-of-concept, we demonstrate the feasibility of our sensor assembly by combining tendon force feedback and the FBG strain feedback to generate reliable estimates of joint angles for the meso-scale robot.
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- Yash Chitalia
- Medical Robotics and Automation (RoboMed) Laboratory, Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR), Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Medical Robotics and Automation (RoboMed) Laboratory, Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR), Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Medical Robotics and Automation (RoboMed) Laboratory, Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR), Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Medical Robotics and Automation (RoboMed) Laboratory, Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR), Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Medical Robotics and Automation (RoboMed) Laboratory, Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR), Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Selvaraj M, Takahata K. Electrothermally Driven Hydrogel-on-Flex-Circuit Actuator for Smart Steerable Catheters. MICROMACHINES 2020; 11:mi11010068. [PMID: 31936214 PMCID: PMC7019542 DOI: 10.3390/mi11010068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This paper reports an active catheter-tip device functionalized by integrating a temperature-responsive smart polymer onto a microfabricated flexible heater strip, targeting at enabling the controlled steering of catheters through complex vascular networks. A bimorph-like strip structure is enabled by photo-polymerizing a layer of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel (PNIPAM), on top of a 20 × 3.5 mm2 flexible polyimide film that embeds a micropatterned heater fabricated using a low-cost flex-circuit manufacturing process. The heater activation stimulates the PNIPAM layer to shrink and bend the tip structure. The bending angle is shown to be adjustable with the amount of power fed to the device, proving the device’s feasibility to provide the integrated catheter with a controlled steering ability for a wide range of navigation angles. The powered device exhibits uniform heat distribution across the entire PNIPAM layer, with a temperature variation of <2 °C. The operation of fabricated prototypes assembled on commercial catheter tubes demonstrates their bending angles of up to 200°, significantly larger than those reported with other smart-material-based steerable catheters. The temporal responses and bending forces of their actuations are also characterized to reveal consistent and reproducible behaviors. This proof-of-concept study verifies the promising features of the prototyped approach to the targeted application area.
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Couture T, Szewczyk J. Design and Experimental Validation of an Active Catheter for Endovascular Navigation. J Med Device 2017. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4038334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Endovascular techniques have many advantages but rely strongly on operator skills and experience. Robotically steerable catheters have been developed but few are clinically available. We describe here the development of an active and efficient catheter based on shape memory alloys (SMA) actuators. We first established the specifications of our device considering anatomical constraints. We then present a new method for building active SMA-based catheters. The proposed method relies on the use of a core body made of three parallel metallic beams and integrates wire-shaped SMA actuators. The complete device is encapsulated into a standard 6F catheter for safety purposes. A trial-and-error campaign comparing 70 different prototypes was conducted to determine the best dimensions of the core structure and of the SMA actuators with respect to the imposed specifications. The final prototype was tested on a silicon-based arterial model and on a 23 kg pig. During these experiments, we were able to cannulate the supra-aortic trunks and the renal arteries with different angulations and without any complication. A second major contribution of this paper is the derivation of a reliable mathematical model for predicting the bending angle of our active catheters. We first use this model to state some general qualitative rules useful for an iterative dimensional optimization. We then perform a quantitative comparison between the actual and the predicted bending angles for a set of 13 different prototypes. The relative error is less than 20% for bending angles between 100 deg and 150 deg, which is the interval of interest for our applications.
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- Thibault Couture
- Service de Chirurgie vasculaire, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 52 Boulevard Vincent-Auriol, Paris 75013, France e-mail:
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- Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Boîte courrier 173, 4 place Jussieu, Paris 75252, France, e-mail:
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Clogenson HC, van Lith JY, Dankelman J, Melzer A, van den Dobbelsteen JJ. Multi-selective catheter for MR-guided endovascular interventions. Med Eng Phys 2015; 37:623-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2014] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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