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Toronto startup tests robotic surgical arm in first human operation
Toronto startup Revolve Surgical has developed a robotic arm for minimally invasive surgery, which uses small cuts and a camera rather than a large incision.
On Oct.
1, surgeon Joao De Rezende-Neto used the device to remove a patient’s appendix at St. Michael’s Hospital.
It was the first human operation with the device.
The pilot at Unity Health Toronto aims to use it in three eligible patients needing appendix removal.
Health Canada approved investigational testing, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted premarket clearance last year.
Revolve says its device could make robotic assistance more affordable for hospitals and give surgeons more options.
The company hopes to bring it to hospitals in Canada and the United States in the coming years.
Toronto startup Revolve Surgical says its robotic arm was used in its first human operation, an appendix removal, on Oct. 1.
Trauma surgeon Joao De Rezende-Neto performed the surgery at Unity Health Toronto.
The procedure was part of a pilot project that aims to use the device in three eligible patients needing appendix removal.
Revolve says the arm could make laparoscopic surgery easier and offer hospitals a more affordable robotic tool.
The device has received investigational testing approval from Health Canada and premarket clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- Who
- Toronto startup Revolve Surgical developed the robotic arm. Trauma surgeon Joao De Rezende-Neto performed the operation.
- What
- The arm was used in its first human surgery, an appendix removal.
- When
- Oct. 1. The year is not stated for the operation.
- Where
- Unity Health Toronto in Toronto. The surgery took place at St. Michael’s Hospital.
- Why
- Revolve says the device is designed to make laparoscopic procedures easier and expand surgical options at a more affordable price.
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Matthew Kang and Peter Francis met during placements working on surgical tools at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Kang and Francis founded Revolve Surgical.
Revolve’s surgical arm received investigational testing approval from Health Canada and premarket clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The human testing pilot at Unity Health Toronto began, with a goal of using the device in three eligible patients needing appendix removal.
Joao De Rezende-Neto performed an appendix removal using the Revolve arm in its first human surgery.
- Company
- Revolve Surgical Inc.
- First human operation
- Appendix removal on Oct. 1
- Surgeon
- Joao De Rezende-Neto
- Pilot target
- Three patients needing appendix removal
- Founded
- 2019
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