Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Penelope Surgical Instrument Server Debuts

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Penelope Surgical Instrument Server, profiled by us in January, has been used for the first time in a clinical case, United Press International reports.

"I was pleasantly surprised by how efficient and reliable she was," Dr. Spencer Amory, director of surgery at the hospital, told the New York Daily News.

The robot handed over surgical instruments on the command of the surgeon and then returned the instruments to their original place during a routine procedure to remove a benign tumor from a woman's forearm.

(hat tip: Engadget)

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