Research
Areas:
Dr. Buckner's research focuses on the development of surgical
tools to facilitate robotic cardiac surgery. Working collaboratively
with heart surgeons at East Carolina University's Brody School
of Medicine, the objective is to develop prototype tools specifically
designed to overcome current limitations of minimally invasive,
robot-assisted (MIRA) mitral valve surgery. With advanced surgical
tools and techniques, the time and expense associated with MIRA
mitral valve repair can be significantly reduced. Specifically,
this research and development focuses on:
- Suturing
and knot-tying devices specifically designed for
tele-manipulated instruments
- Reliable
and efficient intra-atrial retraction to improve indirect
(videoscopic) visualization of mitral valves
- Surgical
navigation technology to plan incisions and instrument
trajectories around the unique cardiac anatomy of each patient
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