Friday, August 9, 2013

Robot surgeons will worm into your brain to bust deadly blood clots


Vanderbilt University professors have developed a steerable robotic needle that can perform surgery on parts of the human brain that were previously considered too dangerous for physical intervention. Specifically aimed at relieving the effects of cranial blood clots, which have a 40 percent lethality rate, the new technology moves us forward from the present drug-based treatments. The only issue with it, perhaps, is that the process looks and sounds more like a disconcerting sci-fi scenario than a real-world medical breakthrough.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/9/4605812/robot-brain-surgery-by-vanderbilt-university

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