Doctor performs remote surgery using robotic telesurgery system
Doctor performs surgery on patient at hospital 35 miles away using robotics
A Florida doctor used a robotic telesurgery system to operate on a patient 35 miles away, part of an FDA study exploring broader implementation. The procedure marks the first of its kind between U.S. hospitals.
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Doctor performs surgery on patient at hospital 35 miles away using robotics
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Mon, October 26, 2026 at 8:47 PM UTC A doctor in Florida performed a medical first on Sunday, using a robotic telesurgery system to perform a surgery at a hospital located 35 miles away. Dr. Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration in Celebration, Florida, near Orlando, used the robotic system to perform surgery on a 66-year-old man with prostate cancer. W
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hile the patient was in an operating room at an AdventHealth hospital in Minneola, Florida, Patel was controlling surgical instruments remotely at AdventHealth Celebration, located 35 miles away, to successfully remove the patient's prostate. AdventHealth - PHOTO: Dr. Vipul Patel, medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth, performs a surgery using a robotic telesurgery system. A qualified surg
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day help reduce geographic barriers to specialized treatment. Important questions about safety, effectiveness and technical performance remain under investigation." Humanoid robots make history, perform 2 surgeries in pigs for 1st time As part of the study, nearly one dozen telesurgery procedures were previously done between hospitals in Orlando and Luanda, Angola, located more than 7,000 miles apart.
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Mon, October 26, 2026 at 8:47 PM UTC A doctor in Florida performed a medical first on Sunday, using a robotic telesurgery system to perform a surgery at a hospital located 35 miles away. Dr. Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration in Celebration, Florida, near Orlando, used the robotic system to perform surgery on a 66-year-old man with prostate cancer. W
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eon was also in the room with the patient at AdventHealth Minneola during the surgery, according to AdventHealth. The patient continues to do well post-surgery, the hospital told ABC News. The surgery -- the first of its kind performed between two hospitals in the United States -- is part of a Food and Drug Administration-authorized clinical research study to examine whether this type of robotic surgery could be impl
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Doctor performs surgery on patient at hospital 35 miles away using robotics
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Mon, October 26, 2026 at 8:47 PM UTC A doctor in Florida performed a medical first on Sunday, using a robotic telesurgery system to perform a surgery at a hospital located 35 miles away. Dr. Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration in Celebration, Florida, near Orlando, used the robotic system to perform surgery on a 66-year-old man with prostate cancer. W
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hile the patient was in an operating room at an AdventHealth hospital in Minneola, Florida, Patel was controlling surgical instruments remotely at AdventHealth Celebration, located 35 miles away, to successfully remove the patient's prostate. AdventHealth - PHOTO: Dr. Vipul Patel, medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth, performs a surgery using a robotic telesurgery system. A qualified surg
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day help reduce geographic barriers to specialized treatment. Important questions about safety, effectiveness and technical performance remain under investigation." Humanoid robots make history, perform 2 surgeries in pigs for 1st time As part of the study, nearly one dozen telesurgery procedures were previously done between hospitals in Orlando and Luanda, Angola, located more than 7,000 miles apart.
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eon was also in the room with the patient at AdventHealth Minneola during the surgery, according to AdventHealth. The patient continues to do well post-surgery, the hospital told ABC News. The surgery -- the first of its kind performed between two hospitals in the United States -- is part of a Food and Drug Administration-authorized clinical research study to examine whether this type of robotic surgery could be impl
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