Researchers to develop MR-guided robotic heart procedure technology

DOTmed November 2, 2022
John R. Fischer

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have secured a four-year, $3.7 million grant that will go toward the development of technology for a potential future procedure in which robotic heart catheterizations are completed on patients while inside MR scanners.

The operation would be a medical first, according to the researchers, who say that a physician would control a micro-robotic device to perform an operation and use a mixed-reality headset to view soft tissues and organs in real-time. They are developing the technology with the intent to perform left atrial appendage occlusion to manage stroke risk in atrial fibrillation patients.

“He or she would be able to pinpoint the exact location, and the micro-robot would perform the procedure. This would make...

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