CONNECTED magazine n°6
Streamlined, scalable and Swiss
Every year, in Europe alone, millions of surgical operations are being performed using traditional open surgery, even though they could benefit from a minimally invasive approach. Why? First and foremost, minimally invasive surgery can be rather difficult and challenging. Robotics solutions provide significant support to surgeons, especially for the most delicate parts of the surgical procedure,
The Japanese Phoenix rising
It would be hard to think of robots without thinking of Japan.The Land of the Rising Sun has been a pioneer of industrial robotics since the late 1960s. Today, it is believed that more than half of the world’s industrial robots were made in Japan. Meanwhile, Japan has also made the robot a hero of its popular culture, which in turn has also been widely exported.
"Whithout robots, medical progress could be hindered"
How does robotics change a surgeon’s job ? CONNECTED has asked professor Hannes Neeff, deputy chief medical officer of the University Hospital of Freiburg (one of the largest in Germany). A specialist in visceral surgery and surgical oncology, he regularly operates with the assistance of Da Vinci and he is training young surgeons to use the robot
Dr. Robot will operate on you
Robotic surgery (also known as robot-assisted surgery) is one of the fastest growing specialities in surgical medicine today : a multitude of companies have set out to conquer this rapidly evolving niche market. CONNECTED will present two of them, very different, but equally ambitious. We have also interviewed an expert on the use of robots in the intimate setting of the human body.