Modern surgeons can do amazing things to repair a body, but they still have a couple of drawbacks. First, there aren't enough of them, and the skilled surgeons we have aren't distributed equally around the world. Second, they still have human-sized hands and fingers. Very tiny, precise surgical repairs are the province of specialized microsurgeons. And now, robots.
Sony introduces their new Microsurgery Assistance Robot. It can be controlled by a trained microsurgeon from a distance, but since it has a microscope for viewing and scaled-up controls, it can be used by surgeons who are not specialists in microsurgery. In this demonstration video, the robot uses various instruments to cut and then stitch up that cut on a single kernel of corn. We hope the ear is recovering nicely. (via Laughing Squid)
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ReplyDeleteWhat are "gingers"? Oh yeah, a typo!
ReplyDeleteGingers, heh. Thanks for catching that; fixed now.
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