Surgeries can be invasive and scary processes for patients, involving invasive cuts and long recoveries. However, this new robot could make serious surgeries more efficient by letting doctors see better during operations and letting them manipulate tissue in wild new ways.
Category
📚
LearningTranscript
00:00Surgeries can be invasive and scary processes for patients, involving intense cuts and long
00:09recoveries. However, this new robot could make serious surgeries more efficient by giving doctors
00:15a way to see better and manipulate tissue in wild new ways. This is Dr. Alberto Rodriguez Navarro,
00:21surgeon and founder of Levita Magnetic, the company behind the new mechanism. According to him,
00:26it gives surgeons an unprecedented view inside a person's body during surgery, which he says is
00:31critical, not only letting them make fewer cuts, but also speeding up the process and allowing for
00:36more surgeries in a single day. And if you're wondering about the company's magnetic nomenclature,
00:40it's named that because the new surgical process involves a robot, which is equipped with high
00:45powered magnets, allowing magnets to be attached to body tissue and organs, which doctors can then
00:50manipulate more safely than other methods. With Dr. Rodriguez Navarro saying, this process reduces
00:55incisions, pain, scars, and time in rehab. The robotic surgical platform was just cleared for use by the
01:01USDA this past fall, with its first commercial surgery recently taking place at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.