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Paula Tudoran

Startup XCath's EVR Robotic System Treats 3 Brain Aneurysms – 6.8 Million Americans Have Unruptured Aneurysms, 500K Deaths Annually

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Medical device company XCath announced on Nov. 12 the successful treatment of three patients with brain aneurysms using its endovascular robotic system at The Panama Clinic in Panama City, Panama.

Vitor Mendes Pereira performed the procedures alongside local principal investigator  Anastasio Ameijeiras Sibauste. The achievement marks only the second time a surgical robot has been used for intracranial neurovascular intervention, according to XCath.

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