With Mini in vivo Robots, Anyone Can do Surgery

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Two in vivo camera robots used by the Aquanauts during the NEEMO mission. Image credit: Rentschler et al. IEEE 2008.
Two in vivo camera robots used by the Aquanauts during the NEEMO mission. Image credit: Rentschler, et al. ©IEEE 2008.

By attaching a millimeter-sized camera robot to a tether, scientists have designed a way to allow individuals with non-medical backgrounds to perform minimally invasive surgery in almost any location. Unlike room-size and expensive surgical robots, mini in vivo robots are inexpensive and mobile enough to support emergency surgeries almost anywhere, from the battlefield to outer space.


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