Robotic surgery is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to change the way we think about healthcare for so-called “remote” communities, from the ocean depths to outer space. This developing medical technology field employs robots to hold the instruments while a surgeon operates a console to manipulate video-game-like controls. The robot typically includes robotic arms that hold miniature cameras and surgical tools to do all of the things a surgeon normally does directly — but with much more precision and in much smaller areas.
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Robotic Surgery Gains Acceptance as Experimentation Continues
Posted by: Robin Hohman August 9, 2006 04:00 AMRobotic surgery is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to change the way we think about healthcare for so-called “remote” communities, from the ocean depths to outer space. This developing medical technology field employs robots to hold the instruments while a surgeon operates a console to manipulate video-game-like controls. The robot typically includes robotic arms that hold miniature cameras and surgical tools to do all of the things a surgeon normally does directly — but with much more precision and in much smaller areas.