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2024_P27_Booth_Granados

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June or October 2025
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Autonomous mechanical thrombectomy navigation to support real-time operator-assisted control

In 2016 level 1a evidence showed that mechanical thrombectomy is a highly effective treatment for acute ischaemic stroke within 6 hours and better outcomes are seen the sooner re-perfusion is achieved. The ability to perform a thrombectomy or not within the time window is disproportionately dependent on geographical location, given the hours taken for diagnosis at the local hospital and transfer to specialist neuroscience centres. To reduce the time gap from diagnosis to thrombectomy, our team is developing tele-operated robot thrombectomy. To make robots safe and effective, autonomy during navigation might be a solution. Tele-operated AI-driven thrombectomy systems could be in several geographically strategic sites and would almost certainly have huge impact in clinical outcomes. The aim is to develop and validate optimal AI-driven operator interactions during robotic thrombectomy in vitro to ensure safer and more effective controller-responder navigation.