“The first-pass success rate was higher with [Vine] when compared with VL (93% versus 36%; P = 0.002.”
Robotic intubation has been pursued since robotic surgery was invented. It is only now that we can meet all the needs of airway management robotically: highly effective, safe, in seconds, for a reasonable cost.
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“navigation using a standard set of instruments proved challenging for both expert neurointerventionalists and novices, while all participants were successfully able to complete the task using the VINE catheter”
Mechanical thrombectomy is a life- (and brain-) saving treatment of strokes. Unfortunately, safely and rapidly navigating the vasculature to remove the clot demands the highest degree of expertise. Our collaborators showed growth has the potential to democratize endovascular surgery.
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“a soft pneumatic robot that is capable of growing substantially in length from the tip while actively controlling direction using onboard sensing of environmental stimuli”
In the seminal paper introducing the vine robot, our co-founder and CTO, Dr. Elliot Hawkes, shows the proof of principle in a completely new robotic paradigm: controllable growth instead of controllable locomotion.
Read the full paper at Science.org.