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  2. Medical robot - Wikipedia

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    Disinfection robot: It has the capability to disinfect a whole room in mere minutes, generally using pulsed ultraviolet light. [5] [6] They are being used to fight Ebola virus disease. [7] Hospital robots - With a pre-programmed layout of their environment and built-in sensors, hospital robots deliver medications, meals and specimens around ...

  3. Robots Created to Help Patients in Hospitals Pass ... - AOL

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    The use of robots also reduced the amount of physical contact healthcare workers had with patients, which could help reduce the spread of infections in hospital settings.

  4. Autonomous robots used in hundreds of hospitals at risk of ...

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    Enter autonomous hospital robots, the supposed-to-be-friendly self-controlled digital workhorses that can transport medications, bed linens, food, medications and laboratory specimens across a ...

  5. Robot-assisted surgery - Wikipedia

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    The robot was used in an orthopaedic surgical procedure on 12 March 1983, at the UBC Hospital in Vancouver. The next great step was in 1985. in brain biopsy under CT guidance with the assistance of a robotic arm—PUMA560. [6] Over 60 arthroscopic surgical procedures were performed in the first 12 months, and a 1985.

  6. Artificial intelligence in healthcare - Wikipedia

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    As widespread use of AI in healthcare is relatively new, research is ongoing into its application in various subdisciplines of medicine and related industries. AI programs are applied to practices such as diagnostics, [4] treatment protocol development, [5] drug development, [6] personalized medicine, [7] and patient monitoring and care. [8]

  7. FDA Clears First Autonomous Telemedicine Robot for Hospitals

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    FDA Clears First Autonomous Telemedicine Robot for Hospitals RP-VITA™, by iRobot and InTouch Health, enables doctors to provide patient care from anywhere in the world via a telemedicine ...

  8. Intuitive Surgical - Wikipedia

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    The da Vinci SI released in April 2009 cost about $1.75 million. In addition, there are maintenance contracts plus expenditures for instruments used during surgery. In 2008, The New York Times reported that most hospitals and clinics have a hard time recovering the cost of the robot. [14]

  9. Computer-assisted surgery - Wikipedia

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    Robotic surgery is a term used for correlated actions of a surgeon and a surgical robot (that has been programmed to carry out certain actions during the preoperative planning procedure). A surgical robot is a mechanical device (generally looking like a robotic arm) that is computer-controlled.