FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS: PROPERTIES, PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS

摘要

"On September 7, 2001, doctors in the United States performed the first long distance operation, with surgeons in New York performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on a patient in Strasbourg, France. The surgery was successful, and the patient was discharged from the hospital with no complications 48 hours later. The ability to perform complex surgical manipulations from remote locations will eliminate geographical constraints and make surgical expertise available throughout the world, improving patient treatment and surgical training. Needless to say, the potential uses of such remote, robotic technology are boundless, not only in medical settings but in search and rescue missions, scientific discoveiy missions, and countless other arenas..." - in http://www.stanford.edu/telemedicine [1].