Category: Robotic Surgery

  • AUA 2007 Recap for Intuitive Surgical

    This past week, Intuitive Surgical participated in the 2007 AUA (American Urological Association) Meeting held in Anaheim, California. As noted, this years AUA Meeting was clearly the most prominent in the history of Intuitive Surgical. We had a very strong showing with increased booth & program activities, higher visibility amongst leading academic & community urologists,…

  • Haptics update from John Hopkins

    Johns Hopkins Magazine Robotics, along with stem-cell research, will drive much of the innovation in medicine in the coming decades. Mohsen Mahvash Mohammady, an assistant research professor at the Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (ERC CISST) at Johns Hopkins, and a fixture in the haptics lab, says that collaboration is the…

  • Robotic Surgery Growth: Cardiac surgery started in the Czech Republic

    First heart surgery performed by robots in CzechRep – Prague Daily Monitor First heart surgery performed by robots in CzechRep By Prague Daily Monitor/ČTK / Published 16 March 2007 Prague, March 15 (CTK) – The first robotic heart operation was performed in the Czech Republic in Prague’s Na Homolce hospital this week, hospital spokeswoman Jitka…

  • daVinci Surgery: PK dissecting forceps

    One of my favorite instruments for robotic surgery is the PK dissector. As all daVinci instruments, It is made by intuitive surgical. It was developed in combination with gyrus medical. It is a bipolar instrument that can be used instead of the maryland bipolar or precise bipolar. The main advantages include: Less charring and sticking…

  • 1st daVinci S robot in Morris county, New Jersey

    Straus Newspapers – Advertiser News / News: Robotic surgery brings tomorrow’s surgical techniques to Saint Clare’s today DENVILLE — As part of its ongoing commitment to provide the latest in medical care and technology to its patients in the communities in which they live, Saint Clare’s has announced that it performed its first robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgery…

  • Robotic Surgery Update- February 2007 with a focus on robotic times

    This is the monthly report on my robotic surgery practice in West Orange, NJ. It was a relatively slow month. I performed 11 dvPs, and no other robotic surgery. The main reason was a prostate conference/ vacation that I took. I went away for 7 days and did not schedule any surgery the week I…

  • Robotic Tips for Surgeons and Teams #1

    This is a new topic to help explain some of the workings of the robotic systems. This tip on black balance, white balance, and scope alignment comes form Sue Belluardo, my local intuitive surgical rep. Remember 3 things: – Black Balance is Camera Head Specific – White Balance is Scope Specific – Scope Alignment is…

  • Robotic reliability

    I often get asked about the reliability of the daVinci robot and can it break down. I also received a comment from a reader about a bad experience with her husbands robotic surgery. In my 299 robotic operations, we have had several problems. The daVinci robots are complicated mechanical devices. They can break down. Robots…

  • daVinci Prostatectomy in Thailand

    The Nation: Surgical success story Siriraj Hospital yesterday successfully carried out Thailand’s first prostate operation using a revolutionary robotic surgery system, which claims to reduce trauma and side-effects. The growth in robotic sales outside the US seems to be growing.