First clinical use of Distalmotion’s Swiss made surgery robot

The world’s first Dexter surgeries in gynecology were successfully completed without complications by Prof. Michael Müller, Dr. Sara Imboden and their team in the gynecologic oncology department of the Inselspital. Prof. Müller, Co-Director and Chief Surgeon at the Inselspital’s gynecology department confirms: “We have successfully completed a first case series using a hybrid approach to robotic surgery. In each of these cases the team drew on both techniques, laparoscopy and robotics, leveraging proven laparoscopic workflows where it felt these were most efficient and effective, and drawing on robotic aid via Dexter where this was most useful.”

Designed, developed and manufactured in Switzerland, Dexter is the result of several years of iterative design and development work conducted in close collaboration with world-leading surgeons. This first case series sets up the next phase in Dexter’s quest to give more patients access to best-in-class, robotically assisted minimally invasive care. Alongside other renowned European hospitals, the Inselspital is poised to continue to play a pivotal role in this mission, as a reference center in an Early Adopter Program conducting extensive clinical studies, and contributing towards developing standards and training protocols for various applications of hybrid robotic surgery with Dexter.

Distalmotion’s goal is to establish a new standard of care, where a broader range of institutions, indications and ultimately patients can benefit from robotic aid for minimally invasive surgery. According to the Lausanne-base start-up Dexter’s versatility makes having more than one robot per hospital clinically and economically viable –potentially even having more than one Dexter per department.

(Press release / SK)