Can't be inaccurate: how 2 tiny robot arms could halve digestive cancer surgery time
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Developed at CUHK, the EndoR Surgical System is entering human trials to remove early-stage gastrointestinal tumours faster while preserving patients' organs. The dual-arm robotic system, which navigates through natural orifices like the anus or mouth, aims to cut operating time for lesions of 3–4 cm by half, from up to two hours to an average of 49 minutes. First tested on a patient in September at Prince of Wales Hospital, the system uses two small robotic arms with knife tips measuring 1.5mm to 2mm housed inside a long, thin tube containing an endoscopic camera. The team aims to recruit six to eight patients for the trial and seeks regulatory approval from the National Medical Products Administration within three years, with potential future expansion to upper gastrointestinal cancers after downsizing the system.
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“hrough the body's natural openings may not be able to reach some parts of the gastrointestinal system. Chiu said the system's robotic arms were what set it apart. "The EndoR has two robot arms and they are really small," Chiu said. "They have to perform this dissection with one arm for traction, the other arm is for dissection." The two arms, fitted with knife tips measuring just 1.5mm to 2mm, are housed inside the l”
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Developed at CUHK, the EndoR Surgical System is entering human trials to remove early-stage gastrointestinal tumours faster while preserving patients' organs. The dual-arm robotic system, which navigates through natural orifices like the anus or mouth, aims to cut operating time for lesions of 3–4 cm by half, from up to two hours to an average of 49 minutes. First tested on a patient in September at Prince of Wales Hospital, the system uses two small robotic arms with knife tips measuring 1.5mm to 2mm housed inside a long, thin tube containing an endoscopic camera. The team aims to recruit six to eight patients for the trial and seeks regulatory approval from the National Medical Products Administration within three years, with potential future expansion to upper gastrointestinal cancers after downsizing the system.
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