Disposable robotic system in endovascular procedures

The endovascular space, including peripheral, coronary and neuro vascular, represents approximately 5 million procedures annually in the USA alone, representing a bigger market than either the soft tissue or orthopedic market. Many of these procedures, from oncology to stroke, are lifesaving. Healthcare Providers (HCP) performing image-guided endovascular procedures face personal healthcare risks due to cumulative levels of radiation exposure and the ergonomic challenges of wearing heavy lead-based personal protective equipment (PPE).  Due to the cumulative impact of radiation exposure during their career, HCPs are 6 times more likely to develop cataracts, 3 times more likely to develop cancer, and 2 times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease.  In addition, HCPs who wear heavy lead-based PPE are 25% more likely to seek medical care, and 21% more likely to miss work for work-related pain. Due to a lack of experienced sites and HCPs in their local market, many patients need to travel over 100 miles to get the right treatment and sometimes wait over 6 weeks for such treatment. In some cases, the TTT (Time to Treatment) is the key for the patient’s health (such as in stroke) and having access to the right treatment is essential.

Despite the market size, procedures that are lifesaving, and the clear unmet needs, only less than 1% of those procedures are robotics. Current robotic systems do not take into consideration many of the characteristics of the endovascular space that creating barrier for adoption: from the limited “real estate” space in the Angio suite that cannot accommodate a major capital equipment, the lengthy set up time for each procedure, the required learning curve, and the major initial capital expense.  A fully disposable robotic system is designed to address these issues and more.  It allows physicians to control guidewires and catheters using a wireless remote controller away from the radiation source and without the need to wear heavy lead aprons.  Furthermore, it is designed to overcome many of the common obstacles that hinder the adoption of other robotic systems.  Some key features of a disposable robotic system include:

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