Canadian researchers have successfully achieved the first robotic brain vascular procedure. The robot that was used was specifically adapted for neurovascular surgeries equipped with changes that enabled it to accommodate micro-catheters, guide wires and other devices used for endovascular procedures in the brain. “This experience is the first step towards achieving our vision of remote neurovascular procedures”, said in a statement lead researcher Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD., M.Sc., a neurosurgeon and neuradiologist at the Toronto Western Hospital, and professor of medical imaging and surgery at the University of Toronto in Canada. “The ability to robotically perform intracranial aneurysm treatment is a major step forward in neuro-endovacular interventions.” In total the surgeons have performed six successful aneurysm treatments with the help of the robots. The procedures even included deploying various devices such as flow-diverting stents. “The expectation...