The world’s first remote robotic heart rhythm treatment procedure was conducted at the University Hospitals of Leicester. It was performed using the Catheter Robotics Remote Catheter Manipulation System. A 70 year old man with atrial fibrillation had a catheter ablation controlled by a robotic arm, while the cardiologist – sitting in a separate room – used remote control to steer the catheter endovascularly into the heart to correct faulty tissue fibers. Although it was controlled from an adjacent room in this case, the fully remote-controlled robot could be controlled from anywhere in the world. The procedure was successfully completed in one hour and the patient is supposedly doing well.
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News story @ UK Daily Mail: British man has world’s first heart operation using remote control-operated robotic arm…
Product page: Catheter Robotics…