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Human Xtensions
Artefficient Surgery
human-x.com
A handheld robot? What an ingenious
idea. Instead of a robotic system, this
bionic surgical glove "combines the
capacity of robotics with the benefits
of handheld innovation," says the com-
pany. You're performing minimally
invasive surgery, but it feels more like
open surgery to surgeons — as if their
hands are inside the patient's body,
moving precisely and smoothly.
Interestingly, you needed an appoint-
ment to go inside the company's big
black box of a booth to see the prod-
uct.
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Dr. Schlachta (christopher.schlachta@lhsc.on.ca) is professor in the
Departments of Surgery and Oncology at Western University's Schulich School
of Medicine and Dentistry, and medical director of CSTAR (Canadian
Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics) at London (Ontario) Health
Sciences Centre.
