Surgical robot for cochlear implantation, Bern, Switzerland

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Contributors:

Inselspital, Bern University Hospital

ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern

"„Instrument Flight” to the Inner Ear (http://www.unibe.ch/news/media_news/media_relations_e/media_releases/2017_e/media_releases_2017/instrument_flight_to_the_inner_ear/index_eng.html)"

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https://youtu.be/x5MVpHbKYBs

Robotic Cochlea Implantation, Inselspital and ARTORG Center

Published on Mar 15, 2017


A team of surgeons and engineers of Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, have developed a high-precision surgical robot for cochlear implantation. On 15 March 2017 they report on their first successful Robotic Cochlear Implantation (RCI) in Science Robotics.