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The Power to Prevent SSIs - June 2017 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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J U N E 2 0 1 7 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 4 1 TransEnterix Senhance Surgical Robotic System FDA approval appears imminent for the first surgical robot that could challenge the dominance of da Vinci, says TransEnterix, which drew a large crowd at its booth. (TransEnterix filed for FDA 510(k) clear- ance shortly after the conference ended.) The price remains to be seen, but a less expensive alternative would be welcome, since "the da Vinci is too expensive for 99.99% of surgery centers," says Dr. Towfigh. The Senhance, which has been cleared for use in urology, gynecol- ogy, general surgery and thoracic surgery in several European coun- tries, uses fully reusable instrumentation — instruments that can be autoclaved, "so it can be used again and again, and the per-case cost is very much like laparoscopy," says a company rep. From the user's standpoint, it offers some interesting advanced fea- tures, including haptic feedback, which is designed to help surgeons "feel" how much pressure they're applying. (But "the haptic feedback feels more like a generic jolt than a sense of touching hard versus soft tissue," says Dr. Towfigh.) Additionally, the camera is controlled by the surgeon's eyes, so it senses where the surgeon is looking and adjusts its focus in concert with that movement. There's also an open-source plat- form for visualization, so it can use different types of cameras.

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