Affiliation:
1. Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, USA
Abstract
In this paper we apply Cosserat rod theory to catheters with permanent magnetic components that are subject to spatially varying magnetic fields. The resulting model formulation captures the magnetically coupled catheter behavior and provides numerical solutions for rod equilibrium configurations in real-time. The model is general, covering cases with different catheter geometries, multiple magnetic components, and various boundary constraints. The necessary Jacobians for quasi-static, closed-loop control using an electromagnetic coil system and a motorized advancer are derived and incorporated into a visual-feedback controller. We address the issue of solution bifurcations caused by the magnetic field by proposing an additional, stabilizing control method that makes use of system redundancies. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the model by performing 3D tip-position trajectories with root-mean-square distance errors of 2.7 mm in open-loop, 0.30 mm in closed-loop, and 0.42 mm in stabilizing closed-loop modes. The stabilizing controller achieved on average a factor of 1.6 increase in the restoring wrenches for the least stable direction.
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Artificial Intelligence,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Modeling and Simulation,Software
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