Capstan Medical’s robot platform has been used for the first in-human robotic assisted transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedures, confirming the company’s credentials in joining the ...

Capstan Medical has reeled in $110 million to continue its mission of bringing robotic surgery to a previously untouched sector of medicine: the replacement of cardiac valves to treat structural heart ...

A startup that aims to integrate robotics with minimally invasive heart valve procedures has collected $31.4 million in venture capital funding. While robots have made inroads in many different types ...

In a surgical first, doctors have replaced a heart valve through a small neck incision using robotic assistance, avoiding the need to open the chest. The pioneering procedure, performed at the ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

Corcym and CardioPrecision have developed a robot-enabled transcervical approach to aortic valve replacement. This story was originally published on MedTech Dive. To receive daily news and insights, ...

Researchers have developed electrically-driven soft valves to control hydraulic soft actuators. These valves could be used in assistive and therapeutic devices, bio-inspired soft robots, soft grippers ...

Design engineers in most industries are looking for smart, programmable materials. But finding solutions that are scalable and adaptive to different environments is always a challenge. The challenges ...