Robot-assisted surgery has a number of advantages over traditional surgery – it’s steadier, more precise, less invasive, plus the surgeon doesn’t even have to be in the same room (or continent) as the patient.
One of its drawbacks, however, is the fact that surgeons can’t feel any of the resistance put up by the patients’ tissues – essentially, the controls provide no sense of touch. To address this problem, Linda van den Bedem from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has created a prototype surgical robot that does provide tactile feedback, and its name is Sofie… or Surgeon’s Operating Force-feedback Interface Eindhoven.
Sofie is controlled via joysticks on a control panel, which become harder or easier to move, depending on how much pressure the robotic surgical instruments are exerting against the patients’ tissues. Such a system could be particularly useful for tasks such as making sutures, as it should give surgeons a better sense of how tightly they’re pulling the thread.
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- LHSC performs a Canadian first in robot-assisted direct lateral spine surgeryon April 25, 2024 at 7:40 am
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- CGHMC to host lecture on robotic assisted surgeryon April 24, 2024 at 3:40 am
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- Covenant Health Plainview Surgical Team celebrates 100th robot-assisted procedureon April 23, 2024 at 2:20 pm
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- How robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement surgeries are giving patients a new lease of lifeon April 14, 2024 at 5:00 pm
A hospital in Surrey is using robotic-assisted total hip and knee replacement surgery in an aim to optimise outcomes and improve recovery. Patients at Nuffield Health Woking Hospital can now have ...
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- Forcen closes funding to develop ‘superhuman’ robotic manipulationon April 28, 2024 at 5:31 am
Founded in 2015, Forcen said its goal is to enable businesses to easily deploy “ (super)human” robotic manipulation in complex and unstructured applications. The company added that its technology is ...
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They decided to move things up a decade or so, and searched for a position — where he could again do robotic surgery — in the Commonwealth. He and his wife picked Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, ...
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- ‘Sciatica was gone’: hospital performs robot-assisted spinal surgery in Canadian firston April 26, 2024 at 6:08 am
London Health Sciences Centre was home to the first ever robot-assisted direct lateral spinal surgery in Canada. Dave Meyn said when he woke up from surgery, the sciatic was gone.
- Mercy Hospital surgeon teaches high school students world of robotic surgeryon April 20, 2024 at 10:37 pm
A unique experience for high school students, taking a step into the world of robotic surgery. Mercy Hospital hosted students to learn the ins and outs of the future of surgical medicine.
- Cheshire Medical Center acquires its first surgical roboton April 18, 2024 at 4:17 pm
Intuitive's da Vinci Xi robotic surgical platform will enable the hospital to perform hundreds of minimally invasive general, bariatric, and gynecological surgeries every year.
- Medical Device Maker Intuitive Beats Estimates on Strong Demand for Surgical Robotson April 18, 2024 at 1:52 pm
Intuitive, which makes surgical robots called da Vinci, earned $1.50 per share on an adjusted basis for the quarter ended March 31. Analysts on average estimated $1.41, according to LSEG data. The ...
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