Preclinical evaluation of Versius, an innovative device for use in robot-assisted thoracic surgery.

Journal: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Published Date: Aug 3, 2022

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The adoption of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) has helped to overcome some of the challenges associated with surgeons performing conventional video-assisted thoracic surgery. The Versius Surgical System (CMR Surgical, Cambridge, UK) has been developed iteratively in line with surgical team feedback to improve the surgeon's experience and patient outcomes. The goal of this study was to assess the use of the device in RATS in a preclinical setting and to fulfil Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment, Long-Term Follow Up-Devices stage 1 (Idea).

Authors

  • Giuseppe Aresu
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, UK.
  • Joel Dunning
    Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Rd, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, United Kingdom.
  • Tom Routledge
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  • Patrick Bagan
    Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France.
  • Mark Slack
    CMR Surgical, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: mark.slack@cmrsurgical.com.

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