Remote heart surgery
On April 28, a retired British became the first patient in the world to have a heart surgery using a completely controlled remote robot arm.
On April 28, a retired British became the first patient in the world to have a heart surgery using a completely controlled remote robot arm.
Kenneth Crocker, 70, underwent successful surgery to cure irregular heartbeats at Glenfield Hospital in Leicestershire.
Doctors monitor the working arm - Photo: Mirror
The 0.9m-long robotic arm pushes a surgical tube into Mr. Crocker's body while the doctor - sits in a separate room - uses a remote control to drive the tube through a vein to the heart for repair. defective tissue fibers. This cumbersome process is often done by hand and makes surgeons exposed to dangerous radiation from more than 250 X-rays to control the position of the catheter for more than eight hours.
But his breakthrough surgery Crocker was completed in just an hour and was praised as a "great success" by British doctors. This system can be reduced by half the time compared to the traditional method.
Source: Mirror
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