Facile Testbed for Robotic X-ray based Endovascular Interventions

Abstract

Endovascular surgical robotics requires a facile and realistic testbed to validate control algorithms. This work compares methods to manufacture such a testbed. Utilizing animal tissue, a mannequin, and a low-voltage flow pump it is possible to perform catheter-based interventions with X-ray feedback for less than €300. The aim of this paper is to lower the entry hurdle for validating endovascular surgical robots by providing a method to build a facile and low-budget testbed.

Keywords

• endovascular
• surgical robotics
• testbed
• x-ray
• catheter