Dan Stoianovici , Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins URobotics program, discusses robotics role in urology.
Program Notes:
0:22 Applications of robotics to urology
0:61 Image guided robot versus daVinci
1:58 Image driven system transmits image to controller of robot
2:47 Most recently used with MRI
3:41 Radio frequency ablation
4:51 Robot that can work inside MRI
5:14 High intensity magnetic field
6:03 Development of new type of pneumatic motor
7:10 Image driven biopsy
8:00 Other areas of medicine may benefit from motor
8:53 Place needle accurately
9:23 Lab is highly specialized in design and manufacture
9:54 End
