Overview
- Professor Iris Grunwald at Dundee’s IGTRF conducted the first remote thrombectomy on a human cadaver using Sentante’s robotic platform.
- Hours later, Dr. Ricardo Hanel performed a transatlantic cadaveric thrombectomy from Jacksonville, Florida to Dundee with reported latency of about 120 milliseconds.
- The system links standard guidewires and catheters to a haptic interface that mirrors the operator’s hand movements and preserves force feedback.
- Sentante’s stroke platform has received FDA Breakthrough Device designation, and the team reports plans to begin clinical human trials next year.
- Coverage highlights stroke access gaps, citing Scotland’s 212 thrombectomies in 2024 as an example, while one outlet’s claim of a live remote patient procedure remains uncorroborated by other reports.