Scottish Technology in World-First Robotic Heart Surgery

Scottish technology in world-first robotic heart surgery

Technology developed in Glasgow has been used to carry out the first-ever robot-assisted heart valve replacements in clinical patients

Glasgow med-tech firm's robotic surgery platform behind cardiac surgery breakthrough in US

A Glasgow med-tech firm’s robotic surgery platform has been used to carry out pioneering heart surgery in the US. CardioPrecision’s CoreVista® Robot Enabling Platform was used successfully in the first clinical cases of robotic aortic valve replacement through a tiny incision in the neck. The platform, which was used initially on human cadavers last year, has now been deployed in live surgery with a patient under the guidance of Dr. Marijan Kopr…