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Robotics in medicine
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Abstract
Robotics has application to medicine for many years. Its rapid development has greatly improved the work of doctors of many specialities in recent years. Capabilities of robots are used i.a.: in surgery, gynecology, urology, bariatrics, thoracic surgery, transplantology. Worldwide famous the „da Vinci” robot enables minimally invasive treatments, which often has an advantage over laparoscopic and traditional surgery. The work on the polish group of robots „Robin Heart” may soon simplify to carry out cardiac surgery. Moreover, the robots are used in nanomedicine, which is more and more famous in recent years. The first attempts of application of nanobots in human cells gives hope for wider use in the future.
Abstract
Robotics has application to medicine for many years. Its rapid development has greatly improved the work of doctors of many specialities in recent years. Capabilities of robots are used i.a.: in surgery, gynecology, urology, bariatrics, thoracic surgery, transplantology. Worldwide famous the „da Vinci” robot enables minimally invasive treatments, which often has an advantage over laparoscopic and traditional surgery. The work on the polish group of robots „Robin Heart” may soon simplify to carry out cardiac surgery. Moreover, the robots are used in nanomedicine, which is more and more famous in recent years. The first attempts of application of nanobots in human cells gives hope for wider use in the future.
Keywords
robotics, medical robots, da Vinci robot, Robin Heart, nanomedicine
About this articleTitle
Robotics in medicine
Journal
Chirurgia Polska (Polish Surgery)
Issue
Pages
84-90
Published online
2015-10-15
Bibliographic record
Chirurgia Polska 2014;16(2):84-90.
Keywords
robotics
medical robots
da Vinci robot
Robin Heart
nanomedicine
Authors
Zygmunt Zdrojewicz
Wojciech Witkiewicz
Anna Dołowiec
Jakub Głód
