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World’s first telerobotic coronary intervention surgery conducted in Ahmedabad hospital.
India became the world’s first to successfully perform a telerobotic coronary intervention on December 5 by an Ahmedabad base cardiologist in Gujarat

Telemedicine

Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technology to provide clinical health care from a distance.
It has been used to overcome distance barriers and to improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities. It is also used to save lives in critical care and emergency situations.

What is a telerobotic coronary intervention?

Telerobotic Coronary intervention is a robotic method of performing surgery. • With the help of the internet and a robotic tower, a surgeon is able to treat patients from a distance.
Da Vinci system is the leading surgical robotics technology provider.

World’s first telerobotic operation

An Ahmedabad based cardiologist Dr Tejal Patel performed the first ever telerobotic operation on a middle-aged woman • He performed the intervention by operating robotically controlled instruments from a distance of 32 kms
Dr Patel performed the surgery successfully from the Akshardham temple complex in Gandhinagar, while the patient was in the operation theatre of Apex Heart Institute in Ahmedabad
Dr Patel used Jio Band 100 MBPS internet connection to perform this surgery that lasted for about 15 minutes
In telerobotic operations, if any failure or delay in the internet speed is noted, the surgeons present would be able to take over the operation manually within 30 seconds
The robotic system was placed in the operation theatre and Dr Patel was connected to it through high-speed wireless internet • Moving the buttons from the temple, the patient’s arteries were cleaned up and a stent was inserted
The operation was shown on a screen at the Akshardham temple, where Gujrat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was also present Benefits of telerobotic operations
Cardiovascular diseases like stroke are a major cause of death worldwide result in about 18 million deaths per year
The telerobotic operation has a potential to contribute largely in the cardiovascular medical emergencies
This technology is especially important for high emergency situations of heart attacks and stroke, where ideal treatment must be received within 90 minutes or 24 hours
This technology will benefit specially to those groups, who have geographical barriers and socio-economic statu

Commercialisig

To improve results in patients, Corindus Vascular Robotics has pioneered the world’s first remote telerobotic interventional platform to deliver highly specialized and timely cardiovascular care to underserved patient populations.

- After studying the results of telerobotic interventional performed in India, the company is also planning on commercializing the system and expand its interventional platform to address stroke care.