SENSORIZED MICROCATHETER - Smart Microinstrumentation Adressing Fetal Surgery – First Results

A. Sieber, K. Houston, A. Menciassi, G. Nauer, P. Dario

2008

Abstract

Pulmonary Atresia is a malfunction that is diagnosed in about 1 out of 20.000 fetus. The authors propose a novel surgical intervention where the fetal heart is accessed with an endoscopic intervention through the umbilical cord. The key for this innovative procedure is a novel micro-catheter that is equipped with sensor and actuators that allow active navigation inside the heart and also tissue characterisation. The present paper presents the first prototype.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sieber A., Houston K., Menciassi A., Nauer G. and Dario P. (2008). SENSORIZED MICROCATHETER - Smart Microinstrumentation Adressing Fetal Surgery – First Results . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 2: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111- 17-3, pages 190-195. DOI: 10.5220/0001047301900195

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices08,
author={A. Sieber and K. Houston and A. Menciassi and G. Nauer and P. Dario},
title={SENSORIZED MICROCATHETER - Smart Microinstrumentation Adressing Fetal Surgery – First Results},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 2: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={190-195},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001047301900195},
isbn={978-989-8111- 17-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 2: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2008)
TI - SENSORIZED MICROCATHETER - Smart Microinstrumentation Adressing Fetal Surgery – First Results
SN - 978-989-8111- 17-3
AU - Sieber A.
AU - Houston K.
AU - Menciassi A.
AU - Nauer G.
AU - Dario P.
PY - 2008
SP - 190
EP - 195
DO - 10.5220/0001047301900195