Tenenholtz, Neil ArturoHammer, PeterSchneider, Robert J.Vasilyev, NikolayHowe, Robert2015-09-022011Tenenholtz, Neil A., Peter E. Hammer, Robert J. Schneider, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, and Robert D. Howe. 2011. “On the Design of an Interactive, Patient-Specific Surgical Simulator for Mitral Valve Repair.” In Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 25-30 Sept. 2011, San Francisco CA, 1327-1332. doi:10.1109/iros.2011.6095089.978-1-61284-454-12153-0858http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:22124528Surgical repair of the mitral valve is a difficult procedure that is often avoided in favor of less effective valve replacement because of the associated technical challenges facing non-expert surgeons. In the interest of increasing the rate of valve repair, an accurate, interactive surgical simulator for mitral valve repair was developed. With a haptic interface, users can interact with a mechanical model during simulation to aid in the development of a surgical plan and then virtually implement the procedure to assess its efficacy. Sub-millimeter accuracy was achieved in a validation study, and the system was successfully used by a cardiac surgeon to repair three virtual pathological valves.en-USConference Paper2012-11-092015-09-0210.1109/iros.2011.6095089