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Position Control of Motion Compensation Cardiac Catheters by Kesner, S. B., Howe, R. D.

“…Robotic catheters have the potential to revolutionize cardiac surgery by enabling minimally invasive structural repairs within the beating heart. This paper…”
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Robotic catheter cardiac ablation combining ultrasound guidance and force control by Kesner, Samuel B., Howe, Robert D.

“…Cardiac catheters allow physicians to access the inside of the heart and perform therapeutic interventions without stopping the heart or opening the chest…”
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Design Principles for Rapid Prototyping Forces Sensors Using 3-D Printing by Kesner, S. B., Howe, R. D.

“…Force sensors provide critical information about robot manipulators, manufacturing processes, and haptic interfaces. Commercial force sensors, however, are…”
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Design Principles for Rapid Prototyping Forces Sensors using 3D Printing by Kesner, Samuel B, Howe, Robert D

“…Force sensors provide critical information for robot manipulators, manufacturing processes, and haptic interfaces. Commercial force sensors, however, are…”
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Force-sensing surgical grasper enabled by pop-up book MEMS by Gafford, Joshua B., Kesner, Samuel B., Wood, Robert J., Walsh, Conor J.

“…The small scale of minimally-invasive surgery (MIS) presents significant challenges to developing robust, smart, and dexterous tools for manipulating…”
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3D ultrasound-guided motion compensation system for beating heart mitral valve repair by Yuen, Shelten G, Kesner, Samuel B, Vasilyev, Nikolay V, Del Nido, Pedro J, Howe, Robert D

“…Beating heart intracardiac procedures promise significant benefits for patients, however, the fast motion of the heart poses serious challenges to surgeons. We…”
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Force control of flexible catheter robots for beating heart surgery by Kesner, Samuel B., Howe, Robert D.

“…Recent developments in cardiac catheter technology promise to allow physicians to perform most cardiac interventions without stopping the heart or opening the…”
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Design and control of motion compensation cardiac catheters by Kesner, Samuel B, Howe, Robert D

“…Robotic cardiac catheters have the potential to revolutionize heart surgery by extending minimally invasive techniques to complex surgical repairs inside the…”
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A monolithic approach to fabricating low-cost, millimeter-scale multi-axis force sensors for minimally-invasive surgery by Gafford, Joshua B., Kesner, Samuel B., Degirmenci, Alperen, Wood, Robert J., Howe, Robert D., Walsh, Conor J.

“…In this paper we have rapidly prototyped customized, highly-sensitive, mm-scale multi-axis force sensors for medical applications. Using a composite laminate…”
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Design considerations for an active soft orthotic system for shoulder rehabilitation by Kesner, S. B., Jentoft, L., Hammond, F. L., Howe, R. D., Popovic, M.

“…Strokes affect over 750,000 people annually in the United States. This significant and disabling condition can result in paralysis that must be treated by…”
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Discriminating tissue stiffness with a haptic catheter: Feeling the inside of the beating heart by Kesner, S. B., Howe, R. D.

“…Catheter devices allow physicians to access the inside of the human body easily and painlessly through natural orifices and vessels. Although catheters allow…”
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Simple and effective ultrasound needle guidance system by Brattain, L. J., Floryan, C., Hauser, O. P., Nguyen, M., Yong, R. J., Kesner, S. B., Corn, S. B., Walsh, C. J.

“…In this paper, we describe our prototype of an ultrasound guidance system to address the need for an easy-to-use, cost-effective, and portable technology to…”
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Mobility and Power Feasibility of a Microbot Team System for Extraterrestrial Cave Exploration by Kesner, S.B., Plante, J.-S., Boston, P.J., Fabian, T., Dubowsky, S.

“…Planetary scientists are greatly interested in the caves present on the Moon and Mars, however these areas present major challenges to current space robots. A…”
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