Leland Stanford Junior University

Rohun Kulkarni

Y Joseph Woo

Annabel M Imbrie-Moore

Michael John Paulsen

Matthew Park

Simulated motion of the papillary muscles in a heart simulator is provided that simulates natural motion of the papillary muscles. This improves heart valve simulation. This can be done with a six degree of freedom robotic actuator (e.g., a Stewart platform or the like) appropriately driven by a controller. This can also be done with a robotic actuator that provides constrained motion of its effector by including a mechanical linkage, as long as the resulting simulated papillary muscle motion includes time-varying position and orientation of the papillary muscle.

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Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

Rohun Kulkarni