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Medical Robotics
Expert
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The first use of a robot
during surgery was roughly thirty years ago when a PUMA industrial
robot was used during a brain biopsy. The accuracy and repeatability
of the robot made it attractive because the procedure required very
precise placement of the biopsy needle deep within the brain. The
accuracy and repeatability of industrial robots has also prompted
their use to mill precise fittings in the femur during robotic hip
replacement surgery. More recently, the DaVinci robot is being used
in many different robotic surgical procedures; including surgery for
prostate cancer, hysterectomy and mitral valve repair. This robot is
tele-operated, meaning an actual surgeon controls the motion of the
DaVinci with remote controls.
There are aspects of robotics (mechanisms, articulation, remote
operation, etc.) in a wide variety of surgical and medical
instruments. There are robotic suturing devices, robotic stapling
devices, endoscopes, laparoscopes and catheter-based tools being
used in cardiology, urology, neurology, gastroenterology,
gynecology, and many others.
Robots are also used in many manufacturing operations in the medical
and pharmaceutical fields. The traditional benefits of applying
robotics to manufacturing processes include the robot’s ability to
tirelessly and repeatedly follow mundane manufacturing sequences. In
medical and pharmaceutical applications the traditional benefits are
coupled with the benefit that the robot can be sterilized for
processes such as IV bag manufacturing that require sterility. |
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I have professional
experience designing both medical instruments and machines for
manufacturing medical devices. In cases involving medical
robotics or mechanisms, I can support your litigation efforts as a medical
robotics expert and medical instruments expert witness. My
qualifications include numerous peer-reviewed publications and over
thirty years of engineering experience with software, robotics,
instrumentation, medical devices, computer-controlled machines
and factory automation.
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Software,
Robotics and Computer Controlled Machines |
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