Clinical Robotics Law JournalIntuitive Surgical Invests in Robotic-Assisted Surgery Training By Mihai Vrasmasu August 4, 2015 Hot off the heels of a recent study linking robotic surgery to negative patient outcomes, Intuitive Surgical—the global leader in robotic-assisted, minimally invasive surgery, and manufacturer of the da Vinci® Surgical System—announced that it “awarded simulator grants to five top U.S. medical centers to advance the field of training for robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery.”…
Clinical Robotics Law JournalIs Robotic Surgery Getting a Bad Rap? By Mihai Vrasmasu July 30, 2015 A recent study and a growing number of lawsuits would have us believe that injuries and deaths during robotic surgery are due to failures with the robotic devices. But there is much more to those claims than meets the eye.…
