New
Fully Automated Surgical Robot Sutures Tissues, Anastomoses Intestines
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Clinical researchers from the*Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C. and Johns Hopkins University have been testing a new
Automated suturing*robot the tech**logy within which may soon be used on a daily basis. The*Smart Tissue Auto**mous
Robot (STAR) includes fluorescent imaging and a*light field camera for 3D capture*in addition to the suturing component. Special algorithms have been written modeled on actual techniques that human surgeons employ to create a plan and execute a set of mechanical movements to suture soft tissues together.
According to the scientists in the study published in
Science Translational Medicine, in laboratory tests on living pigs, the
Robot was “superior to surgery performed by expert surgeons.”
Here’s a short video report showing the
Robot along with a discussion with some of the principal scientists behind the project:
Study in
Science Translational Medicine:
Supervised auto**mous robotic soft tissue surgery…
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