FlexDex Surgical - No Robot Required for Intuitive Control

[anonymous]

Simply Amazing
http://www.medgadget.com/2016/06/flexdex-minimally-invasive-tool-control-system.html

 

[anonymous]

Simply Amazing
http://www.medgadget.com/2016/06/flexdex-minimally-invasive-tool-control-system.html

Does this device allow surgeons to perform the surgery while comfortably seated? If not, it does nothing to address the main benefit of the robot.

 

[anonymous]

Simply Amazing
http://www.medgadget.com/2016/06/flexdex-minimally-invasive-tool-control-system.html

Good article, but these video's are better:
https://vimeo.com/148529863
https://vimeo.com/165624589
https://vimeo.com/148516530

 

[anonymous]

Those are cute videos.

Too little, too late.

 

[anonymous]

Good article, but these video's are better:
https://vimeo.com/148529863
https://vimeo.com/165624589
https://vimeo.com/148516530

These are even better!
https://vimeo.com/174391658
https://vimeo.com/173941779

 

[anonymous]

Surgeons are saying that FlexDex "is intuitive with natural controls" & "will do away with the need for a robot to suture".

http://www.generalsurgerynews.com/T...e-Driver-Could-Be-Disruptive-Technology/39074

 

[anonymous]

Great article about FlexDex Surgical's first device. Surgeons are quoted saying it is an "intuitive type of device with natural movements,” and "it’s going to do away with the need for a robot to suture”

http://www.generalsurgerynews.com/T...e-Driver-Could-Be-Disruptive-Technology/39074

 

[anonymous]

FlexDex - The $500 Robotic Surgeon

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-500-robotic-surgeon_us_58b532a1e4b0658fc20f99c3

 

[anonymous]

This $500 Mechanical Arm Could Bring Precision Surgery to the Masses
FRI, MAR 10

FlexDex, a mechanical arm developed by a team at University of Michigan, could bring precision surgical procedures to hospitals that can't afford expensive surgery robots.

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/this-m...-precision-surgery-to-the-masses-894890051696