{"id":7652,"date":"2025-06-27T16:34:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=7652"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:34:38","slug":"medtronic-backs-new-training-hub-for-cardiac-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/medtronic-backs-new-training-hub-for-cardiac-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"Medtronic Backs New Training Hub for cardiac intervention."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medtronic Backs New Training Hub for cardiac intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Highlighted in the June 2025 issue of Cardiac Surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Key Highlights:<br \/>\n1. New Training Center Announced:<br \/>\n\u2022 Medtronic has partnered with IRCAD North America, a non-profit arm of Atrium Health, to launch a next-generation hands-on training hub for surgeons and interventionalists.<br \/>\n2. Facility Location and Purpose:<br \/>\n\u2022 The new center will be based at The Pearl in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving as the regional base of IRCAD North America.<br \/>\n\u2022 It will focus on cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, interventional radiology, and orthopedics.<br \/>\n3. Medtronic Technologies Integrated:<br \/>\n\u2022 Key platforms showcased in training:<br \/>\n\u2022 Hugo\u2122 robotic-assisted surgery system<br \/>\n\u2022 AiBLE\u2122 smart ecosystem<br \/>\n\u2022 Touch Surgery\u2122 platform<br \/>\n\u2022 Affera\u2122 cardiac mapping system<br \/>\n4. Educational Approach:<br \/>\n\u2022 The center promises interactive, hands-on experiences designed to enhance clinical learning, especially in AI-assisted and robotic techniques.<br \/>\n\u2022 Target audiences include surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and trainees in high-tech procedural disciplines.<br \/>\n5. Vision and Collaboration:<br \/>\n\u2022 Medtronic\u2019s CTO, Dr. Ken Washington, emphasized the center\u2019s role in \u201caccelerating AI integration\u201d and transforming surgical education.<br \/>\n\u2022 IRCAD North America\u2019s director, Dr. Dionisios Vrochides, highlighted the goal of \u201credefining training through robotics, AI, and translational research**.\u201d<br \/>\n6. Broader Infrastructure:<br \/>\n\u2022 The Pearl campus will also include labs, flexible office space, restaurants, and retail outlets, supporting a broader ecosystem of innovation.<br \/>\n\u2022 The initiative reflects collaboration between Atrium Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and Medtronic.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom Line:<br \/>\nA new Medtronic-powered training hub at The Pearl in Charlotte will serve as a cutting-edge center for surgical education, featuring advanced robotic, mapping, and AI-driven systems. This partnership with IRCAD North America signals a major step forward in hands-on, tech-integrated procedural training.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, including an early schedule of the project\u2019s available medical training courses:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ircadna.org\/\">https:\/\/ircadna.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medtronic Backs New Training Hub for cardiac intervention. Source: Highlighted in the June 2025 issue of Cardiac Surgery. Key Highlights: 1. New Training Center Announced: \u2022 Medtronic has partnered with IRCAD North America, a non-profit arm of Atrium Health, to launch a next-generation hands-on training hub for surgeons and interventionalists. 2. Facility Location and Purpose: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7656,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652\/revisions\/7656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}