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The Da Vinci Surgical Robot Sews a Grape

posted by cmn32480 on Friday August 21 2015, @02:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the healing-from-afar dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

[translation mine] Da Vinci is a robot that is completely piloted by a surgeon. It enables the achievement of an extreme precision of gesture during certain delicate procedures, all while reducing the risks associated with a surgeon's trembling hands.

Comfortably seated in his pilot's chair, a specialist can also undertake a "tele-operation" on a patient located thousands of kilometers away. It gives patients access to better specialists while limiting the fatigue of the practitioner and reducing costs associated with travel.

The robot is composed of a stereoscopic camera and mechanical arms that have instruments attached for a procedure.

In this video from Youtube, watch as Da Vinci sews a cut in a grape.

Does anyone have any experience with tele-operations?

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @03:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @03:30PM (#225885)

    My father had a cancerous prostate remove by a surgeon using Da Vinci equipment, the human surgeon was on-site with the robot. All went well, no complications. Your mileage may vary.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2015, @12:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2015, @12:21AM (#226105)

    I was going to ask about how well it does Prostate surgery. I don't think Prostate Cancer gets anywhere near the headlines as Breast Cancer, but it is just as deadly, and the surgery has far more complications. Robotic surgery improvements may make Prostate surgery less dangerous.