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First-in-human remote PCI performed using telerobotic technology
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Corindus Vascular Robotics announced that the company’s proprietary technology to perform remote PCI was used in India for the world’s first-in-human telerobotic intervention study.
Remote PCI procedures were performed with the technology (CorPath System, Corindus) in five patients by internationally acclaimed physician, Tejas Patel, MD, who was about 20 miles away, according to a press release from the company.
“Distance doesn’t matter,” Mark Toland, president and CEO of Corindus Vascular Robotics, told Cardiology Today’s Intervention. “This particular study happened to be 20 miles, but we’ve done cases successfully in our clinical trials up to 103 miles away. In early 2019, we plan to do a case from Boston to San Francisco.”
Another doctor was with the patient during the procedure, according to the press release.
“Cardiovascular disease, including stroke, is the world’s most significant and undertreated clinical problem due to limited access to specialized, timely medical care,” Toland said in an interview. “Our technology is ground-breaking because it could eliminate some of the barriers to care, especially in rural communities. This telerobotic interventional platform has the potential to create a completely different way to treat patients that may not have access to specialized physicians.”
Although the technology was used for PCI, the company anticipates it can also be used in ischemic stroke.
“We anticipate that our technology will revolutionize stroke treatment by providing specialized and timely medical care to anyone, anywhere,” Toland said in an interview. “Today, if patients have a stroke, they will typically go to the hospital and due to the lack of stroke centers equipped to treat patients endovascularly, they have to be transported to another hospital. This delay in treatment can increase the likelihood of death or permanent disability. With robotic-assisted vascular interventions, we can potentially improve patient outcomes. The next phase for us is to develop a remote stroke solution that would allow physicians — let’s say they’re in Cleveland — to treat somebody in rural Ohio if they have a stroke, and they could treat them in minutes vs. hours.” – by Darlene Dobkowski
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Mark Toland can be reached at mark.toland@corindus.com.
Disclosure: Toland is an employee of Corindus Vascular Robotics.