Robotics
Mini-Robot Receives FDA Authorization For Colorectal Procedures
Unlike conventional robotic-assisted platforms, which require a dedicated OR, the MIRA minibot, weighing ...
JUNE 17, 2024
Organization, Engagement Key to Building a Top-Notch Robotics Program
The keys to building and sustaining a top-level robotics program come down to some simple basics of staying ...
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Surgical Robots, Once ‘On the Horizon,’ Poised to Transform Surgery
Much has changed in the 28 years since the FDA approved the first robotic general surgery device. Called Automated ...
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Robot Facilitates Less Invasive Approach to More Liver Resections, Study Suggests
Use of the robotic platform for minor and major liver resections appears to be safe and feasible, and may open ...
JANUARY 10, 2022
The History of Robotic-Assisted Surgery
As robotic-assisted surgery continues its growth and acceptance, the focus moves to not only advancing core robotic ...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
New Device Takes Robotics in Smaller, Simpler Direction
We’ve glimpsed a possible future of robotic surgery, and it’s just slightly larger than a bread box.
APRIL 19, 2021
Robotic-Assisted Hernia Repair: What Exactly Are We Arguing About?
Jeremy Warren, MD, an associate professor of surgery at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, ...
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Surgeons Share Tips For Robotic Hernia, Acute Care Surgery
Baltimore—Tips on using surgical robots efficiently for transabdominal preperitoneal repair of hernia and the ...
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Group Shares Experience With Robotic Esophagectomy
Surgeons around the world are applying a robotic surgery platform to increasingly complex procedures and ...
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Is Assisted Surgery Just Around the Corner?
Ghent, Belgium—The adoption of robotic surgery has risen dramatically in the past six years, and this trend ...
MARCH 28, 2019
The Surgical Robot: What Have You Done for Us Lately?
No matter how you slice it, two things are for certain: The robot is here to stay in some capacity and its use ...
MARCH 5, 2019
An Eye on Surgical Robots
Seattle—On March 3, 1997, Jacques M. Himpens, MD, PhD, a laparoscopic bariatric surgeon in Brussels, ...
OCTOBER 10, 2018
