When robotic surgery systems first rolled out, devices took up a large footprint in the operating room. Now, the da Vinci SP, or single port unit, consolidates a camera and tools into one arm. It ...
In an advancement for minimally invasive care, a first-ever procedure using two separate surgery robots was successfully completed. A urologist at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical ...
Robotically enhanced surgeries are minimally invasive with less disruption of tissue, so postoperative pain is diminished and ...
NORMAL — "My health was pretty good," Normal Mayor Chris Koos began. "I am pretty active," the 69-year-old man said. "I walk. I do strength training. I bike when it's above 50 degrees." So Koos was ...
Intuitive Surgical ISRG recently announced the FDA 510(k) clearance of a labeling revision for its da Vinci X and Xi specific to radical prostatectomy. This clearance was granted based on real-world ...
While demonstrating their 7-month-old daVinci Surgical System Robot on Friday. Surgeons at the Bristol Regional Medical Center announced the device’s new name – Seemore, because it lets doctors “see ...
Robots named McSleepy and DaVinci, I might add. I’m not sure I’d trust them with anything other than bed-making and painting, but one chap agreed to go under the knife in the world’s first robotic ...