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Robotics in Surgery – State of the Art
Speakers:
- Professor Brian Davies, Emeritus Professor of Medical Robotics, Imperial College London
- Professor Prokar Dasgupta, Professor of Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation, King’s College London
- Dr Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory, Imperial College London
- Professor Peter Brett, Professor of Biomedical Engineering Systems, Aston University
- Dr Patrick Finlay, Managing Director, MediMaton Ltd, Beaconsfield
- Professor Gerhard Hirzinger, Head of Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, DLR, Munich
- Professsor Dr-Ing Klaus Radermacher, Chair of Medical Engineering, University of Aachen
- Professor Dr-Ing Heinz Wörn, Head of the Institute for Process Control and Robotics, University of Karlsruhe
- Dr Ole-Jakob Elle, Robotics Section Manager, The Interventional Centre, Oslo University Hospital
- Dr Domenico Prattichizzo, Associate Professor of Robotics and Automation, University of Siena
Abstract: Surgical robots find increasing uses as surgeons demand more accuracy but with smaller incisions. First generation robots were large machines based on industrial arms. Numbers of these are still in daily clinical use. Today’s second generation robots are hand-sized. They are bespoke designs for specific tasks. They allow new procedures that are not practicable by hand and eye. New sensors, real time imaging and miniature mechanisms offer even more uses for surgical robots. Tiny tools under image-guidance can place cochlear implants to treat profound deafness. Snake manipulators can navigate to disease sites within the abdomen without leaving scars. Micro-scale technology is being used to design swimming and crawling robots. These can move freely within body cavities. Examples of all these devices are undergoing laboratory trials. This one-day seminar features leading researchers in the UK and Europe discussing their latest work. It will appeal to surgeons wishing to refresh their knowledge. It will interest medical device manufacturers looking for new market opportunities. Of course it will also attract present and future researchers to survey the scene, exchange ideas and form links for future work.
Why should I attend?
In recent years the technology of medical robotics has moved on markedly. Those involved or interested in this field will be able to learn about new techniques which are in the course of development and will become the clinical gold standard of tomorrow. These new ideas are likely to have profound effects on clinical practice, instrumentation design, economic justification and patient outcomes. Those who practise surgery or supply technology will want to be aware of these changes so they can plan intelligently for the future.
For more information please email Bubli Miah.
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