Force-Displacement Profiling for Robot-Assisted Deployment of a Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Using FBG-EM Distal Sensing

Giovanni Battista Regazzo, Wim-Alexander Beckers, Xuan Thao Ha +3

Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of thromboembolic events due to impaired function of the left atrial appendage (LAA). Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) is a minimall…