News | Heart Valve Technology | August 05, 2025

First Heart Valve Replacement Using New Robotic Surgery Tech, Artificial Valve Takes Place in Ohio

The procedure was performed with Corcym's heart valve combined with technology developed by CardioPrecision.

First Heart Valve Replacement Using New Robotic Surgery Tech, Artificial Valve Performed in Ohio

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Aug. 4, 2025 — Corcym announced that its Perceval Plus sutureless aortic heart valve was used in a first-ever robotic aortic valve replacement, through a tiny incision in the neck of a patient. The procedure was performed by Marijan Koprivanac, MD, surgeon at Cleveland Clinic's Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. 

This achievement shows the many benefits of integrating Corcym's artificial heart valve with CardioPrecision's CoreVista Robot Enabling Platform, in what surgeons know as an AVATAR (Advanced Videoscopic Aortic valve surgery by Transcervical Approach using Robot assistance) procedure.

"This pioneering surgical procedure strengthens our foothold in robotic surgery," said Christian Mazzi, CEO of Corcym. "By having our sutureless valve technology be used in this way, we helped create a new option for robotic cardiac surgery."

"Combining the artificial heart valve with this new surgical technology means patients should experience less pain and time in the hospital following heart surgery, "said Marijan Koprivanac, M.D. cardiovascular surgeon at Cleveland Clinic. "In fact, we believe that this may be one of the least invasive surgical heart valve replacement options now available."

"Robotic-assisted surgery is widely practiced across almost every other surgical specialty," said Fraser Sutherland, MD, CardioPrecision's Chief Medical Officer. "Now cardiac surgeons can offer patients this least invasive option using robotics with our innovative CoreVista platform, while ensuring their safety remains paramount."

For more information, please visit www.corcym.com and www.cardioprecision.com.


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