Dot Medical agrees to distribute new line of EP robot...

Dot Medical has agreed to distribute a new Catheter Robot which will become available in Europe later this year. The Catheter Robot, as yet un-named, can be used during electrophysiological studies to assist the EP physician. The Catheter Robot allows an EP physician to use a standard and familiar ablation catheter which can be clicked in to the robot arm at any time during the procedure. By using the Robot, extremely fine movements of the catheter can occur which assists the physician in placing the ablation catheter at exactly the correct place in the heart. in addition to the fine movements of the catheter, the Robot also allows the EP physician to control the Catheter away from the X-Rays emanating close to where the EP physician ordinarily stands in the Catheter Lab, therefore creating a safer environment in which to work. The Catheter Robot is a new type of Robot which can be placed in an existing Catheter Lab and easily moved out of the way when not in use. Because the Physician can use a familiar ablation catheter, the learning time can be measured in hours rather than weeks. [December]

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