Precise Needle Navigation
November 27, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
Invasive surgery depends on steady hands, but even the steadiest might have trouble compensating for a patient’s breathing. For that reason, XACT Robotics (Caesarea, Israel) has built a robot that is placed on a patient during surgery and an inserted needle (for biopsy or ablation) has CT guidance. In preclinical studies, the robot demonstrated an accuracy of 1.5 mm. MORE
Image Credit: XACT Robotics