A robot that wriggles and jiggles and tickles inside you? What will they do if it won't come back out?
Robot lung probe wins licence from US authorities
Startup Auris Surgical Robots has formally joined the robotic surgery market, securing a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) license. Don't worry, you're not going to see The Terminator looming over you as the anaesthetic takes hold: the device, from Auris Surgical Robots, is a bronchoscope. Auris doesn't have …
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Thursday 9th June 2016 06:51 GMT Richard Jones 1
Bronchoscope Procedure -Can Be Interesting
Safe? Yes. Useful? Yes. since it found a deep seated lung infection resistant to some antibiotics. Interesting, well I had mine done without aesthetic, usual and without sedation, not usual but I had another appointment to go to.
The feeling of something wriggling about tickling inside is a different one that may, or may not catch on.
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Thursday 9th June 2016 11:14 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Bronchoscope Procedure -Can Be Interesting
The feeling of something wriggling about tickling inside is a different one that may, or may not catch on.
Don't worry, there's device to detect and extract it, even works whilst you're a passenger in a car. I saw it in "The Matrix". And it didn't look like they used anesthetic then either.
I'll get mine, it's the leather trenchcoat.
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Thursday 9th June 2016 15:55 GMT IvoryT
Not so much medical bronchoscopy, but the real biggie may be the potential contribution to anaesthesia.
Tracheal intubation is normally routine but can be challenging, and failure in some circumstances can be rapidly fatal. Currently it is all relatively low-tech... bring on the 'bots! If this thing can reliably find the vocal cords and poke itself through then I want it in my anaesthetic room.