Long Beach, California. A robot arm

Long Beach, California. A robot arm the size of a kitchen mixer, described as safer and more accurate than a surgeon’s hand, has helped doctors remove a tumour, what is believed to be the first application of robotics in human brain surgery.

The three-hour operation was performed on a 52-year-old man at Memorial Medical Centre of Long Beach, Dr. San Kwoh, who developed the computer programme that makes the arm work, said the machine would never replace a surgeon but was a major improvement in the way brain tumours are located and removed.

The arm holds a probe that guides the surgeon through a hole drilled in the patient’s skull and down a narrow tube to the tumour. The patient’s head is held in place by a frame that contains the coordinates of the tumour. The robot is accurate to within 1/2000 of an inch.

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Long Beach, California. A robot arm the size of a kitchen mixer, have been described as safer and more accurate than a surgeon's hand, has helped doctors remove a tumour, what is believed to be the first application of robotics in human brain surgery.The three-hour operation was performed on a 52-year-old man at Memorial Medical Centre of Long Beach, Dr. San Kwoh, who developed the computer programme that makes the arm work, said the machine would never replace a surgeon but was a major improvement in the way the brain tumours are located and removed.The arm holds a probe that guides the surgeon through a hole pre-drilled in the patient's skull and down a narrow tube to the tumour. The patient's head is held in place by a frame that contains the coordinates of the tumour. The robot is accurate to within 1/2000 of an inch.

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long beach, california. a robot arm, the size of a kitchen mixer, described as safer and more accurate than a surgeon's hand, has helped doctors remove a tumour, what is feared to be the first application of robotics in human brain surgery.the three - hour operation was performed on a 52 - year - old man at memorial medical center in long beach, dr. san Kwoh, who developed the computer programme that makes the arm work, said the machine would never replace a surgeon but was a major improvement in the way brain tumours are located and removed.the arm holds a probe that guides the surgeon drilled through a hole in the patient's skull and down a narrow tube to the tumour. the patient's head is held in place by a frame that contains the coordinates of the tumour. the robot system is accurate to within 1 / 2000 of an inch.