Robot surgeon.

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  • Author(s): Edelsen, Edward
  • Source:
    Popular Science. Apr95, Vol. 246 Issue 4, p62-90. 6p. 3 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SURGICAL robots; SURGERY; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
    • Abstract:
      Discusses how robots are being used in performing surgery on humans. Creation of Robodoc by engineer and surgeon William Bargar in 1985; Computer system Orthodoc's control of Robodoc; Advantages of using robotic surgeon; Automated Endoscopic System for Optimal Positioning (AESOP); AESOP as the first robotic surgical system; US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval. INSET: AESOP: The third hand, by E.E..