Robotic Surgery Milestone: Physicians Conduct First Heart Valve Replacement

Corcym’s Perceval Plus sutureless aortic heart valve was used in the first robotic aortic valve replacement, conducted through a tiny incision in a patient’s neck by Marijan Koprivanac, M.D., surgeon at Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute.

“This pioneering surgical procedure strengthens our foothold in robotic surgery,” Corcym CEO Christian Mazzi stated. “By having our sutureless valve technology be used in this way, we helped create a new option for robotic cardiac surgery.”

The procedure showed the benefits of integrating Corcym’s artificial heart valve with CardioPrecision’s CoreVista Robot Enabling Platform in an operation known as AVATAR (Advanced Videoscopic Aortic valve surgery by Transcervical Approach using Robot assistance).

“Combining the artificial heart valve with this new surgical technology means patients should experience less pain and time in the hospital following heart surgery, “said Marijan Koprivanac, M.D., cardiovascular surgeon at Cleveland Clinic. “In fact, we believe that this may be one of the least invasive surgical heart valve replacement options now available.”

“Robotic-assisted surgery is widely practiced across almost every other surgical specialty,” CardioPrecision Chief Medical Officer Fraser Sutherland, M.D., commented. “Now cardiac surgeons can offer patients this least invasive option using robotics with our CoreVista platform, while ensuring their safety remains paramount.”

CardioPrecision Ltd., based in Glasgow, U.K., develops less invasive access solutions for cardiothoracic surgery and cardiovascular interventions.