DOTmed April 19, 2021
“Fear the robots.” Those three words have long been the caveat and cornerstone of classic science fiction. But in the angiography suite, robotics has received a decidedly warmer reception since debuting more than a decade ago. Simply defined, robotic angiography involves any medical imaging device that leverages some form of robotics — a mechanical arm, for example, or a small, motorized vehicle — to aid with procedures that otherwise would fall to a human in the angiography suite.
Interest in robotic angiography is rising, thanks to accelerated growth in minimally invasive procedures performed in the angiography suite. In interventional radiology (IR), these procedures are primarily tumor embolization and ablation. In the cardiovascular space, they include structural heart procedures for artificial...
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