First in Human Success

Where We Have Come From

In early 2022, our co-founders David Bell and Jake Sganga bought a second-hand X-ray and lined a Venice Beach garage with lead. Not long after, Gregory Kahn – now our head of machine learning – dialed in from Berkeley to remotely drive our first prototype robot. Since then, we’ve assembled an elite team and built an incredible product with input from clinicians from around the globe.

Throughout this time, our mission has been unwavering: deliver flawless, complication-free endovascular intervention to every person on the planet be they in Kinshasa, Alice Springs, or Alaska.

Our First In Human Procedures

In Novemebr and December 2024, Remedy Robotics achieved a significant milestone as we performed our first cases in a human with Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira and his wonderful team at Unity Health in Toronto.

The procedures were entirely robotic, from catheter placement into the femoral sheath through withdrawal of the catheter back into the sheath. The way it should be.

These first in human cases represent a critical step in our clinical trial program that will prepare our system for wide spread deployment as we pursue our goal of bringing flawless and immediate endovascular care to every patient, no matter where they are in the world.

Surgical robots are only worthwhile if they leverage best-in-class technology and deliver transformative improvements inpatient outcomes, and we are incredibly proud to see our technology start to make a real difference to patients. This is just the start.