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AsiaIndustrial NetNews:robotHave surgery? It may sound scary, but in fact, Robots have been helping doctors in surgical operations for a long time.

in recent years

There are also many surgical robots emerging

Assist in some high-precision surgeries

Among them, the most famous surgical robot is Da Vinci.

Da Vinci has gone through four generations

Has been able to assist cardiothoracic surgery, kidney, urinary system

Gynecological and other types of surgery

Recently, a new surgical robot has also begun to enter the operating room

Completed his first cochlear implant surgery

Development of cochlear implant surgery

has formed a more mature surgery

A cochlear implant is placed in the inner ear of the hearing impaired

let it hear

The original surgical procedure was as follows:

Cut a big incision behind the ear

Flip the flap back

simple mastoidectomy

Make a bone bed in the skull with an electric drill

Put the cochlear implant in

This operation is not only time-consuming, but also traumatic

And if you are not careful, you can cause permanent damage to the patient.

The robot solution is not so troublesome.

Make a hole behind the ear

Then, put the tube in

Make a hole in the inner ear cochlea

put cochlear implant

Alright, you’re done

Different from the traditional “Da Vinci surgical robot”

Such robots are usually good at analyzing the structure of the surgical field or performing fluoroscopy

The ultimate goal of developers is to make it able to think actively

Robots that perform surgery independently

Although Robotic technology is so amazing, it has been questioned. If the robotic surgical system encounters unpredictable problems such as hacking, machine failure, and system logic disorder, how should doctors deal with it and how should the responsibilities be divided, doctor? Robot manufacturer or engineer? , or the hospital?