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NHS surgeons' first time to use Versius robot in minimal access surgery

Option of robotic surgery to be provided for people in need across UK

20-Feb-2020

Key points from article :

Portable Versius robot can easily be moved to different sites within and outside hospital.

Once in theatre, takes only an average of 15 minutes to set up the system.

Previously used in coloretical surgeries, to treat serious bowel cancer.

Plays a vital part in delivering world-leading surgical care across the NHS.

More NHS trusts were scheduled to introduce the system in 2020.

Use of robots in health is on the rise, more collaborations in UK on its way.

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Bristol Robotics Laboratory

multi-disciplinary robotics research center

CMR Surgical

Company designing next-generation tool for surgery.

Joe Harrison

CEO, Milton Keynes University Hospital

Mark Slack

Chief Medical Officer and Co Founder of CMR Surgical.

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

District general hospital, Eagleston, England,

NHS

UK National Health Service, publicly funded healthcare system in England

North Bristol NHS Trust

Healthcare Facility, England

University of the West of England

Public research university, Bristol

Versius

Robot designed to perform surgeries.

Western General Hospital

Health Facility, Edinburgh

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Robotic Surgery