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Chinese AI robot performs first-ever heart defect surgery via catheter

September 7, 2026, 15:37 UTC · Beijing, China · Asia-Pacific · no longer in the live window

A team from the 301st Hospital in China successfully used an AI robot to perform transcatheter closure of a congenital heart defect in a 48-year-old patient, reported as a world first.

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