Magnetically steerable catheters: State of the art review

Abstract

Magnetically steerable catheters (MSCs) have caught the interest of researchers due to their various potential uses in clinical applications, for example, minimally invasive surgery. Many significant advances in the design, implementation and analysis of MSCs have been accomplished in the last decade. This review concentrates on the configurations of current MSCs with an in depth look at control of the device and the specific workspace. This review also evaluates MSCs and references possible future system designs and difficulties. The concept of magnetic manipulation is briefly presented. Then, by category, the MSC is introduced. Following that, a discussion of future works and challenges of the review systems is provided. The conclusions are finally addressed.