Robocath Updates Progress With R-One Robotic Coronary Intervention Platform

French company Robocath believes its R-One robotic catheter intervention system will make coronary interventions more efficient for hospitals and safer for interventionalists. Robocath is sponsoring a 60-patient European trial of coronary interventions with R-One.

Robocath Angioplasties, South Africa
Faizel Lorgat performs a coronary intervention with Robocath's R-One platform at Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

Robocath expects its R-One robotic-assistance platform to make interventional cardiology more efficient and safer for interventionalists.

Robocath initially began developing R-One to minimize interventionalists’ exposure to X-rays, which can increase their risk of cancer over time, Robocath CEO Lucien Goffart told Medtech Insight. R-One’s control console...

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