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Are robots the new-age surgeons

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2008-05-07 12:02:20 by HASH0x8b61a34 in Newlaunches.com
...surgeons from physical stress and exposure to X-rays that may force them into premature retirement. Dr. Frederic Moll saw potential in robotic surgery and was struck by the size of the incision and injury created just to get inside the body, it felt antiquated. His parents were both pediatricians, and he sailed through medical school. But...
 
Tags: surgeons, civilian surgeons, surgical residency, surgical, potential, moll, scant commercial potential, protect surgeons, frederic moll
 
 
 
 
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Surgeons Get Better Playing Nintendo Wii [Nintendo]

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2008-01-17 12:45:09 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
...surgeons' performance. The study pitted a group of eight trainee surgeons, who spent one hour on the Wii, against normal trainees in a surgery virtual reality simulator. However, only a few games help this According to researcher Kanav Kohel, only games that require delicate, small and precise movements work for surgery training. They used...
 
Tags: wii, surgery, enhance surgery skills, cheap wii, researcher kanav kohel, excellent substitute, games, precise movements, virtual simulators
 
 
 
 
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Wii Good For Surgeons

2008-01-19 16:59:00 by Mr Butterscotch in Forever Geek
 
...surgeons performance in the operating theatre. The Banner Good Samaritan Medical Centre team claim that the Wii games requiring the use of delicate movements can aid in precision scalpel and tool work when operating From here, Wii software is going to be designed that will accurately simulate surgical procedures - reported New Scientist ....
 
Tags: wii, wii software, wii system, nintendo wii, wii games, virtual reality surgery, tool, surgeons performance, games
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak (Money Edition): Meet the Currency Surgeons

2008-03-10 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
...surgeons" is the phrase the Wall Street Journal's headline writers used over Craig Karmin's article in a March 1, 2008 article about the little-known Mutilated Currency Division of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Most fascinating and somewhere I think I'd enjoy working In the video up top Karmin talks about his book Here's the story...
 
Tags: currency surgeons, currency, worn-out currency, currency division, bureau, bureau claims, bureau officials, ex-federal bureau, bureau receives
 
 
 
 
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Surgeons Implant Bionic Eyes In Blind Patients

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2008-04-22 11:00:06 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
Surgeons have successfully implanted "bionic eyes" (similar in design to this , but not this ) in two blind patients, in an attempt to restore some of their vision. The device -- the first of its kind -- incorporates a video camera and transmitter mounted on a pair of glasses. This is linked to an artificial retina, which transmits moving images...
 
Tags: blind patients, blind, implant, images, rudimentary images, optic nerve, bionic eyes, video camera, surgeons
 
 
 
 
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Robots as good surgeons as the doctors

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2008-05-08 07:04:07 by Editor in Medlaunches.com
...surgeons from physical stress and exposure to X-rays that may force them into premature retirement. Dr. Frederic Moll saw potential in robotic surgery and was struck by the size of the incision and injury created just to get inside the body, it felt antiquated. His parents were both pediatricians, and he sailed through medical school. But...
 
Tags: surgeons, robot, medical robot, tools, moll, gall bladder removal, frederic moll, surgical residency, spare nerves crucial
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: X marks the spot 'Surgeons could keep a Sharpie marker with them and use it on all of their patients until the ink runs out'

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2008-11-07 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...surgeons at the university hospital were using Sharpie pens to mark patients for surgery then throwing the pens out after one use for fear of infection At about a dollar a pen, the practice was costly, so the researchers decided to see whether there was any practical danger They took 128 Sharpie-brand markers, with alcohol-based ink, and the...
 
Tags: sharpie, pens, sharpie pens, ink, sharpie marker, securline markers, markers, organism growth, growth
 
 
 
 
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Wii used to hone surgeons' fine motor skills

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2008-01-18 10:31:00 by Evan Blass in Engadget
...surgeons who had practiced gaming with a modified controller showed them to achieve significantly more improvement on a standard simulator procedure than did a corresponding group of control subjects. Study author Kanav Kahol worked with Dr. Marshall Smith of the Banner Health hospital chain to build a special Wiimote attachment (read: broken...
 
Tags: wii, wii golf, wii play games, games, wall street journal, special wiimote attachment, play marble mania, standard simulator procedure, non-gamers
 
 
 
 
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Acrobot Surgical Robot Makes Students as Good as Surgeons

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2008-02-11 17:01:11 by Michael in Medgadget
...surgeons often face a steep learning curve to gain the experience necessary to carry out hip resurfacing operations. Until now, this has only been gained through repeatedly performing the operations. This can cause problems because if hip bones are repaired incorrectly wear and tear occurs, requiring patients to undergo further painful and...
 
Tags: bones, repair hip bones, real hip bones, hip bones, practice hip operations, hip operations, operations, hip, hip procedures
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: When a surgeon sneezes

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