The Most Proficient Surgeons to Watch 2019 The Most Proficient Surgeons to Watch 2019-SMALL | Page 41

03
Surgical Robots with Artificial Intelligence: Integrating Robotics and AI
• Since the invention of the da Vinci surgical robot 15 years ago, inventors have continued to develop surgical robots that can
perform increasingly precise movements
• In the second generation of these robots scientists suggest that there will be a huge influence of Artificial Intelligence
• These new robots are able to collect and analyze data
• Robotics and AI are removing the human constraints and physical limitations on surgery and placement of innovative
medicines
• With ultra-high resolution robotic assistance, we can now consider the optimal site to place stem cells in the eye, brain,
heart to drive regeneration
• AI eliminates the restrictions inherent in a human being driving a robotic arm
04
Remote robotics
• While telemedicine and robotics are
nothing new, remote surgery is taking
these concepts a few steps further
• Surgeons may soon be using robots to
assist with surgery from a remote
location
• This could help expand surgery
options for patients living in remote
areas
• The Mayo Clinic is working on a
clinical study to examine the
possibilities of robot-assisted
percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI), a process dubbed
“telestenting”
-Sayali Rane
| March 2019 |
39