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operating rooms," expects robots to play an even more futuristic-
sounding role. "I firmly believe that we'll have little creatures, real
robots that you can tell to push that over there, or hand me this thing.
And I think there will be robots that are maybe a couple of centimeters
tall that will be able to go inside the body and perform tasks. It's feasi-
ble. Maybe not next year, but eventually."
Angiography standard
The OR of the future is also likely to come standard with nimble, multi-
axis angiographic systems that can deftly swoop down and around
patients, providing the precise imaging needed to accompany any proce-
dure.
"Those are going to be just as ubiquitous as robots," says Dr. Gewertz.
"It makes a big difference if you can see the relationships among struc-
tures. If you can clearly define the expanse of soft tumors and things like
L O O K I N G A H E A D
ELIMINATING STATIC
The "OR 360" at
Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles
includes movable
walls, allowing the
size of the room to be
tailored to the proce-
dure.
Cedars-Sinai
Medical
Center
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