MAASTRICHT, 2 October 2017 – Plastic surgeons at Maastricht UMC+ have used a robotic device to surgically treat lymphedema in a patient. This is the world’s first super-microsurgical intervention with ‘robot hands’. The surgeons used the robotic device to suture vessels of 0.3 to 0.8 millimeter in the arm of the patient. The robotic device, … Continue reading
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Preceyes supports targeted drug delivery in the eye with robot assistance
Eindhoven, 27 December 2016 – Surgeons at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital used Preceyes’ robot for prolonged delivery of a drug in the eye, a world’s first using robotic assistance. Robert MacLaren, Professor of Ophthalmology, used the PRECEYES Surgical System to treat a subretinal haemorrhage with a subretinal tPA injection. The procedure was successfully carried out under … Continue reading
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