Medical Robotics
Robots are found everywhere, they’re simply moving computers. This has changed every electronic device into something the world couldn’t imagine a century ago. Technological advancements in medicine have skyrocketed over the past 30 years, changing the surgical field forever. Robotic arms, machines and new cameras have come about from the past 3 decades, and are still coming about. Arguments have been made that these technologies will not stay around, and are only experimental for now. Although medical technology and robotic surgery is ever changing and people are still unsure of the outcomes, should continue to be developed and funded in the future to better people’s health.
In 1985, the very first robotic surgery occurred, …show more content…
This will be beneficial to us, while it may cost a lot or take a toll on hospitals functionalities while implementing these machines, it will change many different aspects of surgery and patient’s lives. In the past, people have been worried that surgeons are overworked and undertrained, and replacing them with robots would save their time. The robots may be rechargeable or ran on machines with cords, so they do not tire like humans. The robots and large machines can be controlled through cameras, voice activation or simply guiding the robotic arm where it needs to go, and continuing surgery that way. All of these require large amounts of training in this specialty. There are robotic-assisted surgeries, which may be more common than a large, hands off machine in the operating room: “Through an 8-millimeter incision in the belly, the robot’s two tiny wrists, guided by a 3-D camera, operated deep inside the patient, cutting fat, moving tissue, applying surgical mesh and ultimately closing the wound with sutures” (Espinoza par. 4.) The robots are a huge investment, but have proven …show more content…
There will be better funding, more strategies and even newer, more advanced technology. It continues to grow, and will consistently become upgraded, and more concise. For now, these surgeries aren’t perfect, but surgeons say: “the da Vinci system can make some aspects of operations easier on doctors, but that the robotic arms can’t do everything human hands can do-yet” (Lederman par. 6). By then, this technology will have taken over the operating rooms of thousands of hospitals, rather than only a few. Surgeons will be assisted by robots, or simply be controlling them from another room. One concern that may come about is whether the patients will still be treated as patients, as they should, or if the interaction piece of medical treatment will start to deteriorate. Once robots are programmed to do major surgeries on their own, the surgeons will have little
Robots are found everywhere, they’re simply moving computers. This has changed every electronic device into something the world couldn’t imagine a century ago. Technological advancements in medicine have skyrocketed over the past 30 years, changing the surgical field forever. Robotic arms, machines and new cameras have come about from the past 3 decades, and are still coming about. Arguments have been made that these technologies will not stay around, and are only experimental for now. Although medical technology and robotic surgery is ever changing and people are still unsure of the outcomes, should continue to be developed and funded in the future to better people’s health.
In 1985, the very first robotic surgery occurred, …show more content…
This will be beneficial to us, while it may cost a lot or take a toll on hospitals functionalities while implementing these machines, it will change many different aspects of surgery and patient’s lives. In the past, people have been worried that surgeons are overworked and undertrained, and replacing them with robots would save their time. The robots may be rechargeable or ran on machines with cords, so they do not tire like humans. The robots and large machines can be controlled through cameras, voice activation or simply guiding the robotic arm where it needs to go, and continuing surgery that way. All of these require large amounts of training in this specialty. There are robotic-assisted surgeries, which may be more common than a large, hands off machine in the operating room: “Through an 8-millimeter incision in the belly, the robot’s two tiny wrists, guided by a 3-D camera, operated deep inside the patient, cutting fat, moving tissue, applying surgical mesh and ultimately closing the wound with sutures” (Espinoza par. 4.) The robots are a huge investment, but have proven …show more content…
There will be better funding, more strategies and even newer, more advanced technology. It continues to grow, and will consistently become upgraded, and more concise. For now, these surgeries aren’t perfect, but surgeons say: “the da Vinci system can make some aspects of operations easier on doctors, but that the robotic arms can’t do everything human hands can do-yet” (Lederman par. 6). By then, this technology will have taken over the operating rooms of thousands of hospitals, rather than only a few. Surgeons will be assisted by robots, or simply be controlling them from another room. One concern that may come about is whether the patients will still be treated as patients, as they should, or if the interaction piece of medical treatment will start to deteriorate. Once robots are programmed to do major surgeries on their own, the surgeons will have little