This Robot Can Detect Lung Cancer

摘要

Fred Moll was a young surgical resident when he assisted on his first keyhole surgery in 1982. The technique, otherwise known as laparoscopic surgery, requires doctors to use unusually slender, extra-long tools to perform operations through tiny incisions. Today's laparoscopic surgeons use high-definition cameras to look inside patients' bodies, but even the primitive version Moll used blew his mind. "Wow," he recalls thinking. "This has to be a better way of doing things." He withdrew from his residency and began working on medical devices.