U.S.-Based Remote Robotic-Assisted Surgery Demonstration Successfully Completed Through Collaborations with Virtual Incision, Sovato, City of Hope, and University of Illinois Chicago

Wet lab demonstration showcases the safe enablement, reproducibility, and scale of remote robotic-assisted surgeries across twenty procedures and four specialties

LINCOLN, Nebraska – November 25, 2024 – Virtual Incision Corporation, the developer of the MIRA Surgical System (MIRA), the world’s first miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) device and Sovato Health, the world’s only comprehensive solution designed to enable remote surgery and procedure programs, today announced the successful completion of a preclinical demonstration of nearly 40,000-miles combined distance. Four surgeons performed a total of 20 procedures on porcine models as part of the remote capabilities test, representing approximately 2,000 miles for each procedure.

Francesco Maria Bianco, M.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago, and Yanghee Woo, M.D., Yasmin Zerhouni, M.D., and Clayton Lau, M.D., from City of Hope National Medical Center, which is ranked among the nation’s top 5 cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report, leveraged the combined technology of Virtual Incision and Sovato to complete the remote cholecystectomy, colectomy, gastric mobilization / gastrostomy / primary closure, and nephrectomy procedures on porcine models. Yuman Fong, M.D., chair and professor of City of Hope’s Department of Surgery and president-elect of Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA), oversaw the design and completion of the wet lab demonstrations.

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Shared by Tyler Stowater, board member of Virtual Incision Corporation.