• Describe one of your best cases using the DABRA and tell us what about the DABRA helped that case go so well for you?

    One of the things that made this journey so exciting for me was the amazing access I had to the live cases, doctors, and patients. And everyone I interviewed was upfront and candid. I was a little worried at first when I met Dr. Raghotham Patlola. He was the first doctor to perform an in-human case in the United States. He made it clear during our first meeting in the summer of 2016 that he was skeptical of the DABRA Laser System. Even after a couple of cases and some success using DABRA, he remained incredibly formal and selective in his word choice as he talked to me on camera about the first day of results.

     

    After a few more cases, he was so excited by the results, he started using his smartphone to capture the results of the cases and send them to us. Even more, he set aside time at the LINC conference in Leipzig, Germany six months later, to sit with me in the back of a restaurant for an in-depth interview on camera, where he was candid and expansive on the benefits of using the DABRA Laser System versus other tools in his armamentarium. It was like night and day, which to me speaks volumes about how highly he values this new technology.

     

    Below, you'll hear his uncut commentary after day one, see the first case I received from his smartphone that he touts as a great success, and a clip from my in-depth interview with him in Leipzig.

    Candid interview after Day 1 of cases at Wesley Merit Health in Hattiesburg, MS.

    Uncut iPhone video created by Dr. Raghotham Patlola.

    This is the same video as under the 'Differentiation' tab. But it's interesting to hear Dr. Raghotham Patlola's tone from day 1 to six months later, shift as he candidly admits his early-on skepticism, to what made a believer out of him.

    Now, scroll down and listen to other doctors I captured on camera, describe their favorite cases using the DABRA Laser System. What blew my mind is their willingness directly following each case, to tell me their experience as they said they were thrilled with the results. It was surprising because so many doctors in this industry are compensated for their commentary, and that was not the case here.

     

    During the FDA study, participating facilities were paid for the documentation of the study. But they were not required to go on camera to talk about their view of the technology or the results. And they were certainly not paid to talk to me as a formal journalist for The Innovators Network. Beyond the study, neither Ra Medical Systems nor I paid for time with the doctors in America and across the globe, even for their on camera commentary. So, as you listen to the doctors, even the ones who speak English as a second language, they're candid and unpolished.

     

    Even more, none of the Ra Medical team was in the room during the interviews and not once told me or the doctors what to say or how to say it. They never even censored the videos I created and have posted.

    SFA

    "I know where the term DABRA comes from, as in Abracadabra," says Mitul Patel, MD.

    Mitul Patel, MD

    UCSD Health System

    Disclosure: Never a shareholder. Never any financial interest. Never a consultant.

    Dr. Gallito

    Policlinico, Italy

    Disclosure: Never a shareholder. Never any financial interest. Never a consultant.

    Maurizio Moggio, MD

    Policlinico, Italy

    Disclosure:

    Never a shareholder. Never any financial interest. Never a consultant.

    SFA (Thrombus)

    Athar Ansari, MD

    California Heart & Vascular Clinic

    El Centro, CA

    Disclosure:

    Never a shareholder. Never any financial interest. Never a consultant.

    Popliteal

    Ernesto Rodriguera, MD

    Excel Medical Center

    Tijuana, Mexico

    Disclosure:

    Never a shareholder. Never any financial interest. Never a consultant.

    Anterior Tibial (AT)

    Flavio Airoldi, MD

    Multimedica, Italy

    Disclosure:

    Never a shareholder. Never any financial interest. Never a consultant.

    TP Trunk To Peroneal

    Sandra Lopez describes one of her favorite cases with Dr. Athar Ansari, with whom she used to be a scrub tech. I caught her upon arrival back at Ra Medical Systems after the case and she was showing everyone what Dr. Athar Ansari called, "Magic."​

    Sandra Lopez, RN

    Former Scrub Tech

    Clinical Specialist

    Ra Medical Systems

    In-Stent, In-Vein

    Marzia Lugli, MD

    Modena, Italy

    Disclosure:

    Never a shareholder. Never any financial interest. Never a consultant.

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