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 ...

A team at Morgantown, W. Va.-based WVU Medicine’s WVU Heart and Vascular Institute performed the world’s first combined robotic aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass operation. The same ...

The project was built around the powerful Atmel ATmega16 processor to create an AVR robot controller that will be used as the base controller for a Mini-Sumo robot project. The processor used for this ...

Physicians at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute completed the world’s first robotic transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant and aortic valve replacement. The procedure was performed by Vinay ...

Morgantown-based West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute is offering robotic procedures for aortic stenosis, a common and potentially fatal heart valve disease, providing patients with ...