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Robotic laser osteotomy was used to cut human bones during a midface-osteotomy.
Contactless robotic surgery for the first time using laser technology.
Cold Ablation Robot-guided Laser Osteotome’ (Carlo) uses cold photoablation.
Carlo can be stopped with the speed of light and easily removed if something goes wrong.
Performance and safety validated in pre-clinical studies.
Advanced Osteotomy Tools (AOT) needs to get approval for commercial distribution.
Three hospitals participated in this study.
