Facts and Claims

There is still no proven fact that robotic surgery is beneficial to patients. These machines have been around since 1998 and have done over 200 operations. There are always chances with any surgery you go though. A surgeon would sit at a console and control the surgical instruments by turning knobs and using the joysticks on the console. Robotic Technology was started in the military when they used it on the battle filed. The Zeus has three compotes they are: the Aesop which is the robotic arm this holds the camera or the instruments steady, the Hermes is a computer that produces images and can control the Aesop arm through voice commands, and the console which is called Zeus. This began in the early 1990’s Researchers still caution it because it is still under experimental stages. Vincent Mercy Medical Center was having bypass surgery to unclog an artery supplying blood to her legs. The Zeus system is used at the Cleveland Clinic and the Children’s hospital of Michigan in Detroit. Though patients spend less time in recovery and have less pain.