Oct 29 2013
Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that Dr. Barry Katzen, founder and Medical Director of Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute (Baptist Hospital of Miami), is scheduled to utilize the Magellan™ Robotic System in a live endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) case at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in the Main Arena II at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, October 30th at 2:30 PM ET.
"Robotics offer the ability to achieve controlled catheter delivery and the delivery of a device that is generally significantly more precise and stable than a conventional sheath for purposes of treatment," stated Dr. Katzen. "The use of robotics in endovascular procedures has the potential to make procedures safer, more effective and reduce the time procedures take to complete, which would benefit patients, physicians and hospitals."
"We are excited to, once again, have Dr. Katzen showcasing our technology at TCT, which is the world's largest educational meeting focused on interventional vascular procedures," said Bruce Barclay, president and CEO of Hansen Medical. "We continue to build a growing body of positive clinical data with the Magellan system, and live cases such as this most recent procedure by Dr. Katzen provide Hansen Medical with the opportunity to highlight to the interventional vascular community how the Magellan system can significantly enhance endovascular procedures."
Source: http://www.hansenmedical.com/