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.

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