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Spinal surgery robot more accurate than humanly possible

Pre-planned procedures are the next step to fully autonomous robotic surgery

10-Jan-2019

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Nottingham Trent University robot drills into a patient’s individual vertebrae.

Datum arm moves with vertebrae to follow the natural movements of the patient.

Enables tooling arm to adjust automatically so that it remains on its pre-determined path.

The holes allow surgeons to attach rods to realign the spine.

Technology promises to deliver greater levels of accuracy than humanly possible.

Robotic arm can drill with an accuracy of 0.1 of a millimetre.

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Bronek Boszczyk

Head of Spine & Scoliosis Centre Schoen Clinic Vogtareuth and visiting professor at NTU.

Nottingham Trent University (NTU)

Public Research university.

Philip Breedon

Professor of Smart Technologies at Nottingham Trent University.

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Robotic Surgery