Medical Robots Timeline

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  • PUMA 560

    PUMA 560
    In 1985. Dr. Yik San Kwoh of Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, a standard industrial robotic arm, was initially developed by an engineer at Unimation, which became a subsidiary of Westinghouse Corp.

  • Cyberknife

    Cyberknife
    delivers radiation therapy to tumors with sub-millimeter precision.

  • probot

    probot
    First use of robotics to remove signification amount of tissue from a patient prostate.

  • TODAY’S SURGICAL ROBOTS

    TODAY’S SURGICAL ROBOTS
    The most technologically advanced surgical robot in operation today is the da Vinci Surgical System by Intuitive Surgical Inc. three main components that work together seamlessly during surgical procedures: the Vision System, Patientside Cart, and the Surgeon Console.

  • Acrobot

    Acrobot
    First use of collaborative robotics to remove bone from patients.

  • Fig.2

    Fig.2
    The da Vinci Surgical System with the surgeons console to the left and the robotic arm tower to the right.

  • Fig.3

    Fig.3
    Stereoscopic view at the surgeons control console for da Vinci system.

  • fig 4

    fig 4
    "Endowrist" instrument compatible with da Vinci Surgeon System.

  • Fig 5

    Fig 5
    Binocular endoscope compatible with the da Vinci Surgical System.

  • Fig 6

    Fig 6
    The Zeus surgical system with its table-mounted arms (left) and the surgeon’s console (right)