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Meet the first autonomous robotic system for mechanical thrombectomy. Founded in 2017 by Truffle Capital and led by Michel Grimaud, Paris-based medtech startup Artedrone strives to transform interventional neuroradiology through the introduction of a magnetic-guided robot for stroke treatment. The vision is to increase access to mechanical thrombectomy by minimizing the expertise that is necessary to carry out this complex procedure. First, preoperative and intraoperative images are used to create a digital twin of the patients and plan the steps of the thrombectomy procedure. Once the delivery catheter is placed in the carotid, the micro-robot is released in the artery and navigates through the blood flow. Once it stops before the carotid bifurcation, the magnetic control is adjusted to attract the robot towards the branch selected during planning. When reaching the no-flow zone, the magnetic guidance technology takes full control of the robot to pull it up to the thrombus so it can grab the clot. The system checks the quality of attachment before slowly pulling it back and removing it via the extraction catheter. The physician can check that the blood flow is restored with X-ray fluoroscopy imaging. Each step is executed autonomously by the system under the supervision of the physician. Watch the full video 👇 https://lnkd.in/eSjkXiwM The company presented their solution at the innovation session during the LINNC 2024 conference in Paris in June. #medtech #stroke #neuroradiology #roboticsurgery