Soft robots (SRs) represent one of the most significant recent evolutions in robotics. Designed to embody safe and natural behaviors, they rely on compliant physical structures purposefully designed to embody desirable and sometimes variable impedance…
Mitral Regurgitation (MR) is an alteration of normal mitral valve (MV) function that leads to mitral insufficiency. Undersized Mitral Annuloplasty (MA) is the preferred surgical treatment for chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation. However, the preferred shape…
Current clinical intervention criteria for ascending thoracic aneurysms (ATAAs) are based on the maximum diameter value, however rupture may occur even at smaller dilatation levels. Moreover, the presence of the bicuspid aortic valve complication (BAV)…
Ascending thoracic aorta aneurysms (aTAA) represent a severe threatening condition in the modern clinical landscape. The risk of aTAA rupture is usually higher in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) with respect to tricuspid valve…
In this paper, a methodology that aims at evaluating the effectiveness of different TES strategies is presented. The methodology takes into account the specific material of interest in the monitored scenario, sensor characteristics, and errors…