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Category: Surgery
Steady hands – a robot just helped doctors perform a novel eye surgery
A robot’s careful control of a needle has allowed doctors to completely remove the clot in retinal vein thrombosis for the first time. Ommetaphobics, look away.
Surgical robot makes highly precise eye injection possible
For the first time ever, a team of eye surgeons were able to inject a thrombolytic drug directly into a patient’s retinal vein to dissolve a blood clot. It was a success despite the fact that the vein is as thin as human hair thanks to a surgical robot developed by researchers from KU Leuven , a university in Belgium.
Soft Robot Helps the Heart Beat
Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure. The soft robotic sleeve twists and compresses in synch with a beating heart, augmenting cardiovascular functions weakened by heart failure.
Mount Sinai department builds 3D models in short order
Surgery sometimes can yield surprises for physicians as they operate on the human body. Now, three-dimensional modeling can take away some of that guesswork.
3 Bold Bets on the Future of Healthcare
Healthcare is changing rapidly. Which companies will emerge as the huge winners with these major changes? We asked three of our healthcare contributors to weigh in on the subject.
First Robotic Surgery Training Centre in Asia Where More than 600 Surgeons trained in 6 Year
GURGAON, NCR DELHI, INDIA, December 31, 2016 / EINPresswire.com / — World Laparoscopy Hospital , Gurgaon is one of the most popular laparoscopic and robotic surgery training institute of the World. World Laparoscopy Hospital is the only institute in Asia which gives structured da Vinci robotic surgery training in structured manner and after this Hands On training surgeons, urologists and gynaecologists become eligible for Fellowship of International College of Robotic Surgeons.