This Robot Completes a 2-Hour Brain Surgery Procedure in Just 2.5 Minutes

by Guest Thu May 11, 2017 7:29 pm

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Brain surgery is precision business, and one slip can spell doom for affected patients. Even in one of the most skilled jobs in the world, human error can still be a factor. Researchers from the University of Utah are looking to provide less opportunity for those errors to occur. A robot that the team is developing is able to reduce the time it takes to complete a complicated procedure by 50 times. According to CNN, the robot can reduce the time it takes to drill into the skull from two hours to two-and-a-half minutes.

The research was published in the journal Neurosurgical Focus and the team says it is a “proof of principle” that the robot is capable of performing complex surgeries. The robot is guided around vulnerable areas of the skull by data gleaned from CT scans and entered into the robot’s programming. The CT scans show the programmer the location of nerves or veins that the bot will have to avoid. The team’s lead neurosurgeon William Couldwell told CNN, “We can program [it] to drill the bone out safely just by using the patient’s CT criteria,” he said. “It basically machines out the bone.”

A SAVINGS MACHINE
Aside from the obvious life-saving capabilities that such a machine would have, it also could potentially save money in the long run. Shorter surgery times will allow for lower costs per surgery as well. There’s also the added benefit of lowering the time a patient is under anesthesia, which can cause its own complications.
Robotics and automation are slowly transforming the way doctors are performing surgery. Some patients may initially balk at the thought of some machine cutting into them and messing with their insides, but these robots can perform with a precision that may be impossible for humans to achieve.

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by The Devil, You Know Thu May 11, 2017 8:03 pm

very good, but not quite brain surgery yet. bone surgery sounds more accurate

by Guest Thu May 11, 2017 8:07 pm

The Devil, You Know wrote:very good, but not quite brain surgery yet. bone surgery sounds more accurate

Well this could save lots of money and is the path forward for conduction many operations.

The benefits here are incredible if they can eventually make this a reality

by Victorismyhero Thu May 11, 2017 8:11 pm

yeah right...untill some berk trips over the power cord and pulls it out the socket affraid

by Guest Thu May 11, 2017 8:19 pm

Lord Foul wrote:yeah right...untill some berk trips over the power cord and pulls it out the socket

Who says it will be powered by cords?

by eddie Thu May 11, 2017 8:27 pm

That's simply amazing! Two and a half minutes?? Sometimes I do like science.

by The Devil, You Know Thu May 11, 2017 8:59 pm

Thorin wrote:
The Devil, You Know wrote:very good, but not quite brain surgery yet. bone surgery sounds more accurate

Well this could save lots of money and is the path forward for conduction many operations.

The benefits here are incredible if they can eventually make this a reality

yes at some point it will, but for now it is just a glorified router.

by Guest Thu May 11, 2017 9:08 pm

The Devil, You Know wrote:
Thorin wrote:

Well this could save lots of money and is the path forward for conduction many operations.

The benefits here are incredible if they can eventually make this a reality
yes at some point it will, but for now it is just a glorified router.

But still saving the surgeon and patient hours of complicated surgey

by The Devil, You Know Thu May 11, 2017 9:21 pm

Thorin wrote:
The Devil, You Know wrote:
yes at some point it will, but for now it is just a glorified router.

But still saving the surgeon and patient hours of complicated surgey

eventually

by Victorismyhero Thu May 11, 2017 9:43 pm

Thorin wrote:
Lord Foul wrote:yeah right...untill some berk trips over the power cord and pulls it out the socket

Who says it will be powered by cords?

given the likely power requirements it aint going to be a "pocket rocket"

by veya_victaous Fri May 12, 2017 5:48 am

the idea that the final production wouldn't have internal power redundancy is ridiculous most servers already do. we even have alarm clocks with internal power redundancy. a.k.a. batteries and UPS(universal power supplies)

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