SpineAssist robot tours spinal canal with camera in tow

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Steven F.Palter, MD @ Nov 21st 2006 12:03AM

This technology is 100% coming to a bodt cavity inside you. I just gave a plenary session lecture at the 35th international gyn endoscopy congress on just this very topic. Endoscopic surgery is on the verge of a radical paradigm shift where traditional scopes are replaced by remote self-contained devices. The pill-cam was step one. Military and NASA technology is right now being ported to medical uses and prototypes are being developed for many fields.

I will posting my lecture streaming and a podcast in the next week or so on my medical technology blog. I just put up a summary of part one a series on the future transformation of surgery. This part deals with the introduction of "alternate visualization" whch is the idea of a machine providing abilities and senses beyond that of simple human abilities. The robots will be posted next.

http://docinthemachine.com/2006/11/17/futuresurgery-alternate-visualization-pt1/

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