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Future Trends in the Design and Application of Surgical Robots

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Advanced Biomedical Technology Program, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, Virginia; Department of Surgery, Room BB430, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195; richard.satava{at}u.washington.edu

Beyond current laparoscopic surgery is the emergence of robotic surgery. The power of this type of surgery is converting both vision and hand motions into electronic signals (video and telemanipulation), which completes the transition of surgery from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. Other advances include replacing scrub and circulation nurses with robots, miniaturization, biosurgery, "intelligent" instruments, and energy-directed rather than mechanical surgical tools. These modalities will supplement-but not totally replacecurrent forms of surgery such as open conventional, minimally invasive, endoluminal, and interventional.

Surgical Innovation, Vol. 11, No. 2, 129-135 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/107155170401100210


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