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Intelligent robotic system to make colonoscopy easier for doctors – News-Medical.Net
Scientists have made a breakthrough in their work to develop semi-autonomous colonoscopy, using a robot to guide a medical device into the body.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 12 2020
Scientists have made a breakthrough in their work to develop semi-autonomous colonoscopy, using a robot to guide a medical device into the body.
The milestone brings closer the prospect of an intelligent robotic system being able to guide instruments to precise locations in the body to take biopsies or allow internal tissues to be examined.
A doctor or nurse would still be on hand to make clinical decisions but the demanding task of manipulating t…
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