RapidAI LVO alert gets Eric's artery reopened within 60 minutes

AI system

System: RapidAI imaging platform (automated LVO detection)
Model: Not assessed
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Application developer: RapidAI
Role: Not assessed
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Inputs and outputs: Not assessed
Autonomy: Not assessed
Workflow: RapidAI LVO detection pushing alerts to the on-call neurointerventionalist's phone and watch. A comprehensive stroke center with an in-house thrombectomy team.
Human oversight: Not assessed
Relation to AI: RapidAI's automated LVO detection delivered the alert that prompted Dr Mehta to mobilize the cath lab team and fast-track thrombectomy. Under the Memorial stroke protocol EMS had already pre-notified the hospital and the neurointerventional team was ready before imaging. The occlusion would have been identified on the CT scan regardless. So the AI's contribution is speed at the point of care, and its share of the time saved cannot be separated from the pre-notification. The only counterfactual offered is Dr Mehta's general description of the pre-RapidAI workflow.
AI contribution: RapidAI's automated LVO detection delivered the alert that prompted Dr Mehta to mobilize the cath lab team and fast-track thrombectomy. Under the Memorial stroke protocol EMS had already pre-notified the hospital and the neurointerventional team was ready before imaging. The occlusion would have been identified on the CT scan regardless. So the AI's contribution is speed at the point of care, and its share of the time saved cannot be separated from the pre-notification. The only counterfactual offered is Dr Mehta's general description of the pre-RapidAI workflow.

Benefits

Outcome identifiers: Not assessed
Benefit: thrombectomy restored flow under 60 minutes from arrival; no deficits
Category: Improved Physical Health
Status: Not assessed
Beneficiary groups: People. Organizations.
Beneficiaries: Not assessed
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Distribution and access: Not assessed
Duration: Not assessed
Expected?: Yes
Costs and harms: Not assessed

Measurement

Studies: Not assessed
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Setting and sample: Not assessed
Measures: thrombectomy restored flow under 60 minutes from arrival; no deficits
Comparison: Assumed alternative: the hospital's workflow before RapidAI, with scans viewed at workstations
Results: Assumed comparison. Reference: tethered to our workstations and had to take multiple steps to open the software to view the scans. Result: RapidAI alert on his smartphone and smartwatch; artery opened in under 60 minutes from arrival.
Additional value from AI: Not assessed
Limitations: Not assessed
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Materials for replication: Not assessed

Money

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People and places

Participants: Developer: RapidAI. Operator: Memorial Healthcare System / Memorial Neuroscience Institute (Memorial Hospital West).
Jurisdictions: Developer: United States. Operator: United States.
Ownership and control: Not assessed
Dependencies: Not assessed
Cross-border connections: Not assessed
Geopolitical implications: Not assessed

Follow-up

Conditions for replication: Rapid recognition of stroke signs and EMS transport to a thrombectomy-capable center. Team mobilization on the AI alert rather than after a formal radiology read.
Replication attempts: Not assessed
Later findings: The release mentions only the platform's spread to three more Memorial hospitals since a 2017 trial, which predates this case; nothing later was found.
Availability: Not assessed
Institutional decision: Not assessed
Grounds: Not assessed
Action and result: Not assessed
Success criterion: Not assessed

Evidence

Source numbers: AIBD-0079-source-0001–0003
Citations: Numbered references below.
Language: Not assessed
Source relationships: Operator
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Evidence links: Not assessed
Evidence strength: Not assessed
Missing evidence: Not assessed

Grades

Assessed benefits: People. Organizations.
Depth: People: 3. Organizations: 2.
Reasons: People: A 29-year-old had his occluded artery reopened within 60 minutes of arrival and reports being alive with no deficits. The AI's share is the time saved in fast-tracking the cath lab team after EMS had already pre-notified the hospital and the team was ready. The thrombectomy was the treatment. Organizations: Dr Mehta states that the platform streamlines workflow and cuts time compared with the previous need to open scans at workstations.
Observed or intended: Not assessed
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Alternative assessments: Not assessed
Fill: The deployer's account

Entry details

Kind: Not assessed
Related entries: Not assessed
Field: Healthcare - acute stroke care. Comprehensive stroke center AI triage.
Purpose: RapidAI's platform is built to detect large vessel occlusion on imaging and push alerts to the stroke team so that thrombectomy can start sooner. This is its intended function.
Dates: Date basis unassessed: 2022 (precision unassessed). Updated: 21 October 2026.
Stage: Not assessed
Version: SHA-256: 1067971966d0…

References

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Brief: Not assessed
Revisions: 6 revisions. Latest: 21 October 2026.

Sources

Press release Deployer

Memorial Healthcare System (2022). Memorial Neuroscience Institute Uses AI to Optimize Care and Positive Outcomes for Stroke Patients. Hospital news release, 12 May 2022, quoting Dr Brijesh P. Mehta, medical director of the Comprehensive Stroke Program and Neurointerventional Surgery at Memorial Neuroscience Institute, and the patient.