Monday, October 31, 2011

Robotic eye surgery ready for commercialization (Morning Read)

Robotic eye surgery. A researcher has completed work on a da Vinci-like eye surgery robot that can operate more precisely on the retina and vitreous humour. The surgeon uses joysticks to operate the robot, which can perform quick instrument changes and filter out tremors from the opthamologist. A PhD candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands says he plans to commercialize the technology and thinks the first surgery using the robot will be performed on humans within five years.
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