Medical Surgical Robots
With the four mobile arms that that are able to rotate, change and grasp at a great range of motion, along with enhanced vision which can see inside the human body, the da Vinci Surgical System robot is becoming a quick hit among hospitals, doctors and patients, as better results and decreased risk come about from the tremendous robotic surgeon.
When you first look at the complex robotic da Vinci Surgical System you may think of a science-fiction movie – demolishing everything in sight – but the state-of-the art technology is providing high-level health care for patients at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
"It provides our surgeons an alternative to both traditional open surgery and conventional laparoscopy," said John G. Anderson, vice president of JARMC.
"This is a tremendous technology, which provides minimally invasive surgical technology for the patient."
The surgical system empowers surgeons to perform procedures through incisions that are as small as 1 to 2 centimeters with a greater range of motion and increased precision.
Although available at the Meridian hospital since July 1, the surgical system was introduced to JARMC staff Monday during an open house
High-definition brings a lot to the surgeon – he sees his surgical sight so much clearer, magnified by 10 times, but it's high-definition.
The surgical system is currently used for two primary procedures at JARMC: prostatectomy in men, and hysterectomy in women.
"Virtually 80 percent of all prostatectomies in the United States are done by robotics now," Anderson said. "And from a female perspective, laparoscopic hysterectomy is done under robotics."
Not only is robotic surgery popular among physicians, but patients are not only requesting, but in many cases - demanding robotic surgery.
It's a very consumer-driven technology. And hospitals have responded to that demand from both surgeon and patient.
Since its introduction at JARMC, response has been positive – from patients and surgeons, hospital officials said.
"Because of the smaller incision site, there is considerably less loss of blood and then patient recovery is much quicker," Anderson said. "And in many cases, patient outcome is better ... they are able to go home quicker. It's cutting their length of stay down by half.
"We've had a number of physicians that have undergone specialized training and have done a number of cases since July 1."
The robotic surgery may also be used for other surgical procedures, including colorectal, bariatric procedures, as well as some heart surgery procedures. Anderson said these procedures will be added at JARMC, as more surgeons go through the training process.
Medical Surgical Robots
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Japan Robotic Industry Faltering
Robots Robotics
The robots industry in Japan is suffering during this recession, and projections of one million industrial robots to be operating by 2025 doesn't really have a chance of happening now.
As of 2005, close to 370,000 robots worked at factories all over Japan.
Even with the slowdown, a large number of robots in Japan, which are the most in the world, have been shut down because of the global financial meltdown.
In the first quarter alone robot industrial shipments fell by almost 60 percent, Japan's largest industrial robot maker Yaskawa said sales have dropped by about 66 percent to around $72 million, and is projecting a loss for the year.
Of course during times like these the industrial sector in general is expected to be hit hard, so industrial robots unsurprisingly have followed suit.
Other robotic sectors aren't doing as bad though, as the Japanese mobile service robot sector is doing better, which is being looked to to provide security, safety and service for the purpose of improving distribution and manufacturing channels in Japan.
Another robotic area that should continue to do well is in the medical and health arena, where Japan has invested heavily in personal robots to help care for the elderly.
Still, even with the slowdown, the Japanese government is projecting about $26 billion in domestic robot sales by 2010, and close to $70 billion by 2025.
Robots Robotics
The robots industry in Japan is suffering during this recession, and projections of one million industrial robots to be operating by 2025 doesn't really have a chance of happening now.
As of 2005, close to 370,000 robots worked at factories all over Japan.
Even with the slowdown, a large number of robots in Japan, which are the most in the world, have been shut down because of the global financial meltdown.
In the first quarter alone robot industrial shipments fell by almost 60 percent, Japan's largest industrial robot maker Yaskawa said sales have dropped by about 66 percent to around $72 million, and is projecting a loss for the year.
Of course during times like these the industrial sector in general is expected to be hit hard, so industrial robots unsurprisingly have followed suit.
Other robotic sectors aren't doing as bad though, as the Japanese mobile service robot sector is doing better, which is being looked to to provide security, safety and service for the purpose of improving distribution and manufacturing channels in Japan.
Another robotic area that should continue to do well is in the medical and health arena, where Japan has invested heavily in personal robots to help care for the elderly.
Still, even with the slowdown, the Japanese government is projecting about $26 billion in domestic robot sales by 2010, and close to $70 billion by 2025.
Robots Robotics
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Panasonic Drug Dispensing Robot
Medical Robot Panasonic Dispenses Drugs
The Japanese have been working feverishly on developing robots which can aid in the medical care of their growing elderly population.
Their latest focus on medical robots is in the dispensing of drugs field, where Panasonic is near to releasing their version.
Projections are it could begin operations in Japanese hospitals as early as March 2010, and then proceed to the European and North American markets after that.
Panasonic estimates they could generate about $315 million in revenue by 2016 with the drug dispensing robot.
How it works it the robot will be linked to medical records and will run around the hospitals obtaining the needed prescriptions.
Research reports estimate the robot will be able to do the job in half the four hours it now takes trained pharmacists to do it.
Panasonic isn't the first company to turn to robots as a means for dispensing drugs, but it looks like it's set to become one of the bigger players in the still fledgling field, with it announcing today that it's developing a robot that it hopes will rake it about 30 billion yen (or $315 million) by 2016.
Panasonic isn't quite ready to actually show off the robot just yet, but it says it could be making the rounds at some Japanese hospitals as early as March, and head into the United States and Europe sometime after that. It's also not ready to do much communicating about specifics, with it only going so far as to say that it "does not look humanoid" but rather looks like "a cabinet with lots of small drawers" (no doubt somewhat like the Pyxis bot pictured above), and that it'll be able to store medical data for each patient and sort out prescriptions for up to 400 patients in about two hours. That cabinet won't come cheap though, with Panasonic estimating that it'll cost "several tens of millions of yen," or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Japanese giant Panasonic has created a robot that will dole out drugs to patients and that's set to happen very soon.
According to an exclusive story on nikkei.net, the robot will help pharmacists complete prescriptions. The robot will be available in just a few months time.
The robots will be sold in Europe and the USA too, and Panasonic apparently has plans to develop other medical robots that will help the elderly and ailing move around.
Medical Robot Panasonic Dispenses Drugs
Sega Toy's Robot Cat 'Dream Cat Venus'
Robot Cat - Dream Cat Venus
Sega Toys has added to its robot pet animal line with the new 'Dream Cat Venus, which responds to human interaction in a similar manner as a real cat.
This follows the 'Dream Dog DX' from Sega Toys, and it makes you wonder what animal they'll come up with next. Robot hamster anyone?
The robot cat will evidently respond to human stimuli by purring when it's petted, or make noises if you're neglecting it.
I don't know, this is kind of strange to me. Seeing that the source of the inner workings of the robotic cat comes from researchers at Tohoku University's Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer in Japan, they probably were working on it for patients, something the Japanese have been focusing on for encouragement and therapy for their patients; especially lonely elderly or the terminally ill.
In a way that makes sense, but as a toy in general, why not just get a real cat instead. It's not like cats are heavy maintence. They clean themselves and other than occasionally changing the litter box and feeding them, there's not a lot more to be concerned with, other than protecting your indoor plants from being eaten by them.
On second thought, let me have one of those metal felines. You can for about $110.
You can watch the 'Dream Cat Venus' in the video below.
Sega Toys has added to its robot pet animal line with the new 'Dream Cat Venus, which responds to human interaction in a similar manner as a real cat.
This follows the 'Dream Dog DX' from Sega Toys, and it makes you wonder what animal they'll come up with next. Robot hamster anyone?
The robot cat will evidently respond to human stimuli by purring when it's petted, or make noises if you're neglecting it.
I don't know, this is kind of strange to me. Seeing that the source of the inner workings of the robotic cat comes from researchers at Tohoku University's Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer in Japan, they probably were working on it for patients, something the Japanese have been focusing on for encouragement and therapy for their patients; especially lonely elderly or the terminally ill.
In a way that makes sense, but as a toy in general, why not just get a real cat instead. It's not like cats are heavy maintence. They clean themselves and other than occasionally changing the litter box and feeding them, there's not a lot more to be concerned with, other than protecting your indoor plants from being eaten by them.
On second thought, let me have one of those metal felines. You can for about $110.
You can watch the 'Dream Cat Venus' in the video below.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Medical Robot | Robot Treats Battle Injuries
Medical Robot
A new robot that is able to find small pieces of shrapnel in flesh and guides a needle to the exact location could aid in treating battle injuries, according to researchers in North Carolina.
"It can be very difficult using conventional means to detect small pieces of shrapnel, especially in the field," Duke University researcher Stephen Smith said. "The military has an extensive program of exploring the use of surgical robots in the field, and this advance could play a role."
Other uses for the robot could be for medical procedures, such as removing radioactive "seeds" used to treat cancers and extracting foreign, metallic objects from the eye, Smith said.
Using ultrasound technology and 3-D moving images, the Duke robot, without human assistance, located tiny pieces of metal in water baths, then directed a needle on the end of a robotic arm to the exact location, Smith said.
"The movement caused by the electromagnet on the shrapnel was not visible to the human eye," researcher A.J. Rogers said. "However, on the 3-D color Doppler system, the moving shrapnel stood out plainly as bright red."
Medical Robot
A new robot that is able to find small pieces of shrapnel in flesh and guides a needle to the exact location could aid in treating battle injuries, according to researchers in North Carolina.
"It can be very difficult using conventional means to detect small pieces of shrapnel, especially in the field," Duke University researcher Stephen Smith said. "The military has an extensive program of exploring the use of surgical robots in the field, and this advance could play a role."
Other uses for the robot could be for medical procedures, such as removing radioactive "seeds" used to treat cancers and extracting foreign, metallic objects from the eye, Smith said.
Using ultrasound technology and 3-D moving images, the Duke robot, without human assistance, located tiny pieces of metal in water baths, then directed a needle on the end of a robotic arm to the exact location, Smith said.
"The movement caused by the electromagnet on the shrapnel was not visible to the human eye," researcher A.J. Rogers said. "However, on the 3-D color Doppler system, the moving shrapnel stood out plainly as bright red."
Medical Robot
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Multi-segment, Self-assembling Stomach Robots?
One of the largest obstacles that must be overcome by robotics scientists in relationship to micro-robots being used to in the gastro-intestinal tract, is how to get around the miniaturization issue, which at this time is a huge stumbling block.
It's a big challenge at this time with existing micro-cameras, as the battery takes up 60 percent of the alloted volume. Altogether the entire technology can only be within a few cubic millimeters.
So the question is: "how can a series of surgical robot functions be brought into a form that the patient can swallow and which is at the same time compatible with the body?"
One doctoral student at the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems of ETH Zurich, Zoltan Nagy, has come up with the idea of putting the technology in a few "robot pills," which would contain individual functions.
Then the pills could be swallowed consecutively and assemble themselves into a larger unit when they reach the stomach.
In order for the robot to assemble itself properly, components would be polarized at right angles and be fitted with a magnetic mechanism that would cause it to come together when it reaches its destination.
So far tests in an artificial stomach have been successful at a rate of 75 percent.
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