HeroSurg

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The world’s first haptically-enabled minimally invasive robotic surgical system, with collision avoidance, modular instruments and automatic patient/bed adjustment, has been developed by researchers from the Institute for Intelligent Systems Research (IISRI) at Deakin University, in collaboration with Harvard University. The innovation was unveiled recently at the Australasian Simulation Congress, hosted by Simulation Australasia, at the Melbourne Convention Centre. The Haptically-Enabled Robotic Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgical System (HeroSurg) has several unique features that allow it to overcome many of the limitations of existing robotic laparoscopic systems. Advantages of HeroSurg “Haptics will add a greater ability to distinguish diseased tissues involved with cancer from normal tissues,” Professor Krishnan said. “It will also allow surgeons to feel more delicate tissues weakened by infection or inflammation and dissect them more carefully – and allow us to use finer and more delicate materials such as finer sutures in microsurgery.” HeroSurg will assist surgeons to perform demanding surgical procedures with comfort, accuracy and safety by providing real-time collision avoidance for medical instruments, and stereo-endoscopic vision.