Japanese Surgical Robot Can Perform Bypass Surgery On Beating Heart

by March 30, 2009 1864 Views

waseda-university-heartbeat-compensation-robotWhile there are a few off-pump techniques in existence, coronary bypass surgery generally involves the stopping of a patient’s heart. Now, a surgical robot developed by Waseda University in Japan has the potential to eliminate that need. The robot is able to calculate and compensate for the movement of the beating heart and perform the millimeter-accurate maneuvers required in the operation. [Engadget via DVICE]

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by C. S. Magor - Mar 29, 2009

by C. S. Magor - Mar 30, 2009

C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and a reporter at large for We Interrupt and Uberreview. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside approximately two hours from Tokyo - where he has spent the better part of a decade testing his hypothesis that Japan is neither as quirky nor as interesting as others would have you believe.
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