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Category Archives: Robots in Surgery

Re-engineering Healthcare USA > System in need of repair > Healthcare is largest industry in the United States > Expected to exceed $4 trillion by 2015 > 20 percent of GDP

Friday, February 1, 2008

Will the increased patient populations and the aging western societies with increased incidence of disease and disability accelerate the cost hike? How can we save cost and at the same time invest in rapid changes in medical technology and practice? Will the partnership of engineering and healthcare produce new and efficient treatment methods and devices?

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Advances in the technology of healthcare 2008 and beyond > Speed of change > Key predictions for the future > Robots in Surgery > Advanced genetic tests and pharmaceuticals > Identification of disease susceptibility > Optimal drug vaccine or gene therapy treatment > NOTES no scar procedures

Friday, January 11, 2008

Will surgical robots have the potential advantages of precision and miniaturization as well as articulation? Are the current applications and prototypes that drive around in a patient’s body and act as the eyes and hands of a surgeon able to deliver drugs directly to specific receptors? Will medical devices or robots on a nanometer […]

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