EuroPCR 2018: Robocath Eyes December CE Mark For R-One Positive Pre-Clin Data

Robocath is planning a year-end market launch of its flagship R-One robotic catheterization system after the preclinical trial of R-One hit all primary endpoints. If the product is CE-marked in December as anticipated, it will be a rival to Corindus Vascular's CorPath, which is currently the only robotic-assisted system in the market for interventional cardiology. Robocath announced the preclinical data at EuroPCR in Paris, being held this week until May 25.

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Robocath's R-One system is expected to be the second robot-assisted system on the market designed specifically for interventional cardiology procedures, as the company plans on getting a CE mark and hitting the European and Middle Eastern markets by the end of the year. The launch comes on the back of positive data from a preclinical study – announced May 22 at this year's EuroPCR meeting in Paris – which showed that the technology met all its primary efficacy and safety endpoints.

The French firm first unveiled R-One at last year's EuroPCR, where it announced it had raised €4.7m from various investors...

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