http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/ Engadget Comments for Robotic Surgical Simulator lets doctors sharpen their skills by operating on polygons http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Feb 26th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
I like it as well. I know this is never supposed to actually see a patient, but only train the physicians, but I'd be happy to see this in my doctors office, instead of the bloodbot which I still have nightmares about.

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haha wait can you go into more detail?]]>Feb 27th 2010 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Feb 26th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Feb 26th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Feb 26th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
"Dese machines, dey like uh, fell awf da back of a truck so imma give you a real good deal"]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Feb 26th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
I just remember if you cut into them without administering anesthesia it would generate a "auuuuAAAHHHHHGGGGG" from the PC Speaker. Fun times. ]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://images.4chan.org/g/src/1267197060506.jpg

herpdy derp!]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Hmmm.. cancer much?]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Back to /b/ kid.]]>Feb 26th 2010 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
Oh, wait, the article says "polygon"...]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/rap_sheet/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/operation_game1.jpeg]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Feb 26th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
blood everywhere on the screen *shivers*]]>Feb 26th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Broken heart, of course! OPERATION!
Water on the knee? OPERATION!
A thousand dollar fee! OPERATION!
Spare rib or two! OPERATION!
I'm the doctor for you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZAaHv_8xUk]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
The worst thing about it: The models in North America have no feedback, so you can't touch a vein/artery and feel its consistency in your fingers. You can't push a membrane and know whether or not there's a solid organ behind it. The robot doesn't give you feedback. There's a model in India that does, give you feedback.

Either way, it's tremendously not cost effective, and is very experimental in most fields (urology and cardiosurgery excluded)... but I hope it takes over.]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/Oh and the instruments aren't flexible, and neither is the scope, which IMO is a huge drawback.]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
http://www.simbionix.com/
http://www.mentice.com/
http://www.surgical-science.com/
...]]>Feb 26th 2010 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
Even more impressive, my 7-year-old niece had no problems whatsoever trying it, and it inspired her to want to be a doctor so she can use it more.

Strangely, a few times when I was using it, one of the arms would stop working, requiring me to release the controls and re-engage them. The da Vinci rep didn't go into specifics as to why this happened, but it may have had something to do with the group of kids actually touching the robotic arms, which I couldn't see from my vantage point.

Still, the training thing sounds like a good plan, as playing with little rubber rods and cones doesn't translate well to say, a tumor.]]>Feb 26th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/robotic-surgical-simulator-lets-doctors-sharpen-their-skills-by/
Yes, you would. These days, most people learning how to fly don't see a simulator until after they get their private pilot certificate and are working towards their instrument rating. In fact, primary instructors who train students who have used simulators before often find themselves spending extra time helping the student un-learn bad habits. The only way to truly learn during primary training is to launch with an instructor in the right seat. Having said that, simulators are still extraordinarily helpful to students pursuing advanced certificates and type ratings.]]>Feb 26th 2010 7:45PM