EndoQuest Robotics, a developer of endoluminal robotic surgical technology, says it has completed the first procedures of its pivotal clinical trial, Prospective Assessment of a Robotic Assisted Device in Gastrointestinal Medicine (PARADIGM) (Clinicaltrials.gov).
Using EndoQuest’s Endoluminal Surgical (ELS) System, two colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) procedures were completed by Dr Eric Haas, Chief of Colorectal Surgery at HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center where the procedures were performed.
Dr Haas is also the Chief of Colorectal Surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital, the Program Director for Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery at the University of Texas at Houston, and a world-renowned pioneer in robotic colorectal surgery. [Read more…] about First procedures completed with EndoQuest’s robotic surgery system