An Australian medtech start-up has completed the world’s first fully remote robotic surgical procedures, marking a breakthrough that could transform healthcare access for millions living in rural and remote areas.

Remedy Robotics, founded by Perth-born cardiac surgeon David Bell, successfully performed multiple neurointervention procedures in Toronto via surgeons controlling robotic catheters from a distance – a feat that has eluded the surgical robotics industry for nearly three decades.

The San Francisco-headquartered company is now partnering with the Australian Stroke Alliance to bring the technology home. It plans trials in which stroke patients in Darwin and Alice Springs would be treated remotely by specialists potentially thousands of kilometres away.

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