Stereotaxis announced that physicians at Overland Park Regional Medical Center (OPRMC) launched and successfully completed the first procedures using the advanced Genesis Robotic Magnetic Navigation (RMN) System. OPRMC -- part of HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City's largest healthcare provider -- is the only hospital in the U.S. to offer two Stereotaxis Robotic Magnetic Navigation systems for patients receiving minimally invasive cardiac ablation procedures. It is among the first in the nation to adopt the latest Genesis RMN system.

First established in 2019, the robotic heart rhythm care program at OPRMC has become a leading practice using advanced robotic technology to treat a broad range of arrhythmias, including those often considered too challenging or dangerous for traditional approaches. One of the first patients treated with the new Genesis robot was Bill Kellogg, RN, BSN, RCIS. Mr. Kellogg works as an electrophysiology clinician at OPRMC caring for arrhythmia patients and is himself a patient.

After years of living with atrial fibrillation, Mr. Kellogg experienced a critical arrhythmia called ventricular tachycardia. He was treated with the Genesis RMN system shortly after its installation. Robotic Magnetic Navigation introduces the benefits of robotic precision and safety to cardiac ablation, a common minimally invasive procedure to treat arrhythmias.

Tens of millions of individuals worldwide suffer from arrhythmias -- abnormal heart rhythms that result when the heart beats too quickly, too slowly, or with an irregular pattern. When left untreated, arrhythmias may significantly increase the risk of stroke, heart failure, and sudden cardiac arrest.