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First robotic-assisted angioplasty performed in acute MI patient
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The first robotic angioplasty was recently performed at the Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center in Aberdeen, S.D., by Puneet Sharma, MD, in a patient with an acute MI, according to a press release from Corindus Vascular Robotics.
The release stated that Sharma completed the robotic-assisted angioplasty procedure using the CorPath system (Corindus Vascular Robotics) and restored blood flow within 68 minutes of the patient’s arrival to the ED, representing an improvement from the American College of Cardiology standard door-to-balloon time of 90 minutes.
“Timely access to emergency cardiac care and survival is partly dependent on access to services and technology,” Sharma, who is an interventional cardiologist at Sanford Health, said in the release. “Being able to perform a CorPath robotic angioplasty on a STEMI patient within 68 minutes is a great benefit. As shown with the latest procedure, robotic-assisted angioplasties improve rural access and quality of care as more patients in this area will have access for advanced specialty care.”
To use the CorPath system, an interventional cardiologist sits in an interventional cockpit and advances stents and guidewires using a joystick with millimeter by millimeter precision. It is currently the only FDA-cleared technology that enables robotic-assisted angioplasties, according to the release.