Flex Robotic System, flexible surgery robot, Medrobotics Corporation, Raynham, Massachusetts, USA

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Manufacturer - Medrobotics Corporation

 

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Article "Medrobotics’ New Flex System for Snake-Like Surgical Endoscopy Cleared in Europe"

March 20, 2014

 

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Article "FDA approves robot developed at Carnegie Mellon for surgical procedures"
CMU Spinoff Medrobotics To Begin Commercial Launch in U.S. Hospitals

by Ken Walters
July 23, 2015

 

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Flexible robot a new advance in surgery

Published on Jan 22, 2016

Surgeons at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center are using a new flexible robot to perform delicate head and neck operations, resulting in quicker recovery time. Dr. Maria Simbra reports.

"Flexible robot could make surgery, recovery easier"

January 22, 2016

 

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Medrobotics scope animation

Published on Jun 16, 2016

 

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The Flex surgical robot from Medrobotics snakes down a patient's throat

Uploaded on Jul 25, 2016

The Flex is a surgical robotic tool from Medrobotics that the FDA approved for head and neck surgeries in 2015. The surgeon navigates the snake-like robot down the patient's throat to the surgical target, where the Flex stiffens to provide a platform for surgical tools.

 

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Article "The Robot Surgeon of Your Nightmares Can Wiggle Its Way Inside You"
The Flex Robotic System has a 3D high-definition camera and bends to conform to a patient’s anatomy.

by Michael Belfiore
August 25, 2016

 

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Flex Robotic System Overview Animation

Published on Nov 3, 2016

 

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In a robotic surgery breakthrough, a bot stitched up a pig’s small intestines using its own vision, tools, and intelligence to carry out the procedure. STAR’s inventors don’t claim that robots can replace humans in the operating room anytime soon. Instead they see the accomplishment as a proof of concept—both for the specific technologies used and for the general concept of “supervised autonomy” in the OR.