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Comments by David Edwards on January 18, 2021
The Swiss medical technology company AOT has obtained CE certification, calling it "the world's first human-approved robot for non-contact laser cutting of bones."
The patented cold ablation robot guided laser bone knife system-CARLO for short-is said to be able to use the robot to accurately cut bones with a dedicated laser without contact.
The laser beam evaporates the water in the bone matrix within a few milliseconds, so the bone will be accurately layered and removed without leaving any residue. The depth can be as needed or until it is cut.
The new cutting form realizes functional geometries that were previously impossible to achieve to meet the patient's specific precise fit requirements. The laser head mounted on the tactile robotic arm is controlled by the navigation system.
The safety of patients and staff is CARLO's top priority. Every movement of the patient or a change in surgical settings will cause immediate termination, and the laser head will automatically refocus until it reaches the correct position again.
This ensures that any changes are automatically readjusted from a safe distance without the need for patient contact. There is no need to move the tool out of the operating area; any drill or saw blade will not bend, break or injure the patient.
The preoperative plan of the bone incision that has been created electronically today is passed to the robot for autonomous execution without media interruption. An important step towards the continuous digitalization of surgical intervention.
Assistant Professor Gabriele Millesi, President of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IAOMS), said: “As the maxillofacial surgery team of the Medical University of Vienna, we are very important and honored to participate in the impressive chapter of innovative intraoperative surgical techniques. .
"We were able to successfully use CARLO technology to treat patients with skeletal occlusal disorders (jaw bone misalignment) of varying severity, and the results are very satisfactory for us as surgeons and our patients.
"CARLO's future will depend on high-precision and individually designable cutting trajectories. A successful first human study is the key to the door."
AOT CEO Cyrill Bätscher said: "After years of in-depth development, CE certification is an important milestone. We have demonstrated the great potential of non-contact robot-assisted surgery based on our laser technology for cutting bones.
"As a result, we are one step closer to our vision, which is to use our latest technology to take classic surgical tools to a new level for the benefit of patients."
Dr. Erich Platzer, who has been chairman of the board and a business angel investor since the beginning, said: "AOT still has big plans.
"CARLO is now CE certified and can be used for CMF surgery-we are now focusing on medical indications with a large number of cases, such as nerve and spine surgery. We also rely on artificial intelligence to analyze tissue and identify tumor tissue in real time so that it can be used Our CARLO cut it off."
"Let's go west, CARLO," said Dr. Bernhard Schirmers, AOT's largest institutional investor and founding partner of SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement, indicating that the company is working hard to obtain FDA approval for its technology in the US market.
For CE certification, CARLO was used for the first time in a clinical study of mandibular correction surgery, which proved the efficiency and safety of this technology in a clinical environment.
The University Hospital Basel, the Medical University of Vienna (AKH Wien) and the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Medical Center participated in the study.
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