The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering awarded a $495,618 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286) to Trustees of Boston University to develop a robotic platform for minimally invasive repair of the tricuspid heart valve. The project aims to optimize a robotic system for navigating the beating heart, monitoring interaction forces, and precisely implanting an annuloplasty band to treat tricuspid valve regurgitation - a condition affecting over 1.6 million Americans annually. The research will involve in-vitro, ex-vivo, and in-vivo testing to validate the safety and efficacy of the robotic platform for performing controlled cinching of the tricuspid valve annulus. This project builds upon the university's prior work in developing robotic technologies for transcatheter beating heart procedures, leveraging expertise in medical robotics, sensor integration, and image-guided intervention.
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