PUMA 560
surgical robot
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history of robotic surgery
- In robotic surgery: Historical developments
The first surgical robot, PUMA 560, was used in 1985 in a stereotaxic operation, in which computed tomography was used to guide the robot as it inserted a needle into the brain for biopsy, a procedure previously subject to error from hand tremors during needle placement. In 1988 PROBOT,…
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