Keyhole surgery

coronary heart disease
By  Sara Mageit 05:05 am May 18, 2021
Heart attack patients at the Royal Free Hospital in London are to benefit from a new artificial intelligence (AI) backed keyhole procedure. Abbott Ultreon 1.0 software merges optical coherence tomography (OCT), an imaging tool that provides cardiologists a view inside an artery or blood vessel, with AI technology for enhanced visualisation. This combined technology can detect the severity of...
By  Sara Mageit 03:46 am October 2, 2020
CMR Surgical has announced the introduction of its surgical robotics system, Versius at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), part of the Manchester University NHS FT. Versius becomes the first surgical robot to be used to perform minimal access surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary and will initially be used to perform colorectal cancer surgery. WHY IT MATTERS Colorectal surgery is commonly used to...
By  Sara Mageit 02:07 am September 21, 2020
UK-based medical devices company, CMR Surgical (CMR) has launched Versius Surgical Robotic System at Clinique du Parc Hospital in Saint-Etienne, France. Versius will provide technology that can support the use of robotic minimal access surgery (MAS), otherwise known as keyhole surgery. WHY IT MATTERS Across France, over 1,500 hospitals currently perform MAS, yet only 6% of medium-sized public...