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Oxford Heartbeat are developing technology that helps clinicians to accurately plan and rehearse minimally invasive stent graft replacements inside blood vessels with a view to making cardiovascular surgeries more efficient and effective.

This project aims to reduce surgical time for Deep Brain Stimulation to treat Parkinson's disease by 40%, also improving patient safety and comfort through device and procedural innovation. Existing devices require two procedures: one to implant leads in the brain and a second tunneling down the neck to a stimulator in the chest. This is a validation study for a new ultra-compact device implanted in a single procedure in the skull, saving two hours in surgery and circa £2,800 in operating theatre costs. This allows two patients to be scheduled per day rather than one, effectively doubling surgical team productivity.

OpenCare results from a collaboration between AIMES and St. Bartholomews Hospital/UCL and will deliver a PoC of an AI enhanced MRI heart function measurement service. Developed using more than 2m images from 10 sites, The algorithm betters human performance for speed, accuracy and prognostication. Pan--NHS use will change ~20% of major clinical decisions (e.g. ICD insertion).The PoC will demonstrate the deployment and operation of service based on the deployment of the algorithm within a secure, scalable and resilient Trustworthy Research Environment(TRE) and will work with 20 leading cardiology centres across the UK. OpenCARE will continue to learn, delivering continuously enhanced precision medicine and show how use of AI will support the optimisation of clinical time and decision making.