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Robot Surgeon Successfully Removes Brain Tumor From Canadian

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Robot Surgeon Successfully Removes Brain Tumor from Canadian

by Darren Murph, posted May 19th 2008 at 5:48PM

http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/05/5-19-08-nueroarm.jpg

Though it's certainly not the first time a robotic surgeon has made news after joining the staff at a Canadian hospital, history has just been made in Calgary. Doctors (the human kind) were able to use remote controls, an imaging screen and the neuroArm in order to successfully remove a brain tumor from a 21-year old woman. Hailed as the first procedure of its kind, the team already has a line of patients waiting to receive similar surgeries, and the mechanical hand is being praised for its precise movements and delicate nature. Unfortunately for the arm, no pay raise (or extended vacation) is in sight.

Wow!..... :whistling:

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Right now the doctors are using the remote controls to have the robot send Van Roy a middle finger salute!

 

And the next procedure is a knuckle sandwich!

Edited by trekz

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Robot Surgeon Successfully Removes Brain Tumor from Canadian

Wow!..... :whistling:

That is amazing! Who would have thought there would one day be Canadians with brains?

Yeah, you better hope we all don't get brains. Otherwise, the day will come when literally no one in Canada will ever find you funny.

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Otherwise, the day will come when literally no one in Canada will ever find you funny.

Heck, you guys needed a robot to help you find a brain tumor!

Technically, the robot didn't so much find the tumor, as much as it did surgically remove it. And even then, the robot was being operated by Canadians. And let's not forget, Canadians built the darn thing.

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