UCLA hospital integration
Getting into a clinical environment
A surgical robot outside of a hospital is a bit like a boat out of water - you can build to your heart’s content, but you don’t really know if it will float. At Remedy Robotics, we have made enormous strides building in garages and labs, but always with the goal of creating a system that works in a hospital to benefit patients and physicians.
Remedy's trial with UCLA
With this in mind, a team of our engineers recently trekked down to UCLA and their world-class Translational Research Imaging Center (TRIC lab). Working closely with UCLA IT, cyber-security, lab technicians, and clinical staff, in just a few hours, the team was able to fully integrate the Remedy system into the TRIC lab and establish a secure connection out.
The following day, we ran a series of tests with doctors from all across the University of California health system dialing into the TRIC lab to test the system. Physicians located in San Francisco,Washington, DC, Boston, and Maui were involved in the test, and each completed a simulated procedure in less than the time it would have taken them if they had been standing by the bedside.
What does this mean?
Integration into UCLA was a critical milestone for Remedy. These procedures demonstrated that our system can function effectively not just in a lab, but in a hospital environment with all the complexity that it holds. We have also shown that despite the (very justifiable!) cybersecurity measures that hospitals have in place, it is possible for doctors to remotely dial into a robotic system and control it from the other side of the country. This is an important step in our journey to making endovascular care available at any hospital in the USA and around the world.
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The details of this study and its outcomes were recenltly published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology
