Friday 31 May 2013

Practical Robotics Series: Anesthesia Ideas

Here is the first video from the Vattikuti Foundation's new series: Practical Robotics. The series includes video coverage from the The Vattikuti Global Robotics 2012 Multispecialty Global Robotics Conference in New Delhi. 

In the Anesthesia Ideas video, we listen as an anesthesiologist and several surgeons describe the intricacies of anesthesia for certain robotic procedures. We also hear discussion about the challenges the surgical team members face and how a better working understanding helps everyone involved in the operating room.




Stay tuned for more videos from the series!

Dr. Mani Menon's Latest Award!

Our very own Dr. Menon was the recipient of the "Most Distinguished Physician Award" at the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin conference this past weekend in Chicago! There are currently 65,000 practicing Indian physicians in the U.S. Congratulations Dr. Menon!


Thursday 30 May 2013

Research Build Robots to Traverse Patients’ Internal Abdominal Walls




Researchers at the University of Leeds were inspired by the feet of tree frogs to create a model for a surgical robot. The imitation of the tree frog feet will allow the robot to crawl inside patients’ bodies during keyhole surgery.

The designed robot will be able to move across the internal abdominal walls of a patient with an attached video device, allowing surgeons to be able to see what they are doing.

Professor Anne Neville, Lead researcher and Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies at the University of Leeds, stated, "Tree frogs have hexagonal patterned channels on their feet that when in contact with a wet surface build capillary bridges, and hence an adhesion force. It is the same kind of idea as a beer glass sticking to a beer mat, but the patterns build a large number of adhesion points that allow our robot to move around on a very slippery surface when it is upside down."

Further research will be done to reduce the size and weight of the designed prototype.


Published by: Robotic Trends

Wednesday 29 May 2013

Introducing the Vattikuti Foundation Practical Robotics Series!

It was an exciting event.  Robotic surgeons from all over the globe met in New Delhi in January 2012.  The event: The Vattikuti Global Robotics 2012 Multispecialty Global Robotics Conference.  Over three days, topics from every specialty were discussed.  We have placed all of the video coverage of the conference on our website. 


Because there is so much material to cover, we have tried to condense it down into short, informative videos for you to view. If you want to explore further, just look up either the title or the surgeon on our Knowledge Repository search engine.


Videos will also be posted on our blog so stay tuned for updates!


Remarks from Mani Menon, Alexandre Mottrie, Indirbir Gill, Prokar Dasgupta, Didier DeCanniere, Ali Zamir Khan,  Sangeeta Khanna, Thomas Payne,  Ashok Mehta, Koon Rha, Savitha Desai and many other participants are featured.  Their insight will excite and inform you.  We hope that you will look further at all the videos our website has to offer!



There is a big focus in these videos on robotic surgery teams and how they need to communicate better.  Managing expenses, operating room dynamics, anesthesia are all important topics in some of these programs.   You don’t just hear about problems; you get solutions.  These are all available at the Vattikuti Foundation Website.


Thanks for your part in helping to improve lives through making minimally invasive surgery available to more people throughout the world!  Please share this information with your colleagues.


Sincerely,
The Vattikuti Foundation Videos Team



Tuesday 28 May 2013

Vattikuti Foundation featured in Healthcare Executive Magazine

The Vattikuti Foundation was recently featured in the 2013 Anniversary Issue of Healthcare Executive magazine. In the article “Robots as Surgeons,” Dr. Lisha Ruparel discusses the history and progression of robotic surgery technology. Vattikuti Foundation is mentioned as the “front runner” in the field. The establishment of the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital and other Vattikuti institutions are also mentioned. 

The following image is the cover from the anniversary issue of the magazine posted on the company's Facebook page:
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Congratulations to Healthcare Executive Magazine for a successful year and thank you for your support!

Monday 27 May 2013

3D printer helps save dying baby

6 year old, Kaiba Gionfriddo, was admitted to the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan after he had stopped breathing.  Chances of survival slowly dimmed as Kaiba was found to be suffering from bronchial malacia, a condition involving a rare obstruction in the lungs.

Doctors then tried the medical equivalent of a “Hail Mary” pass, reports say.

Doctors used a splint to carve a path through Kaiba’s blocked airway created on a 3D printer. A CT scan was used to determine the exact dimensions of Kaiba’s lungs in order to construct a computer model for the splint.  Doctors explained that that the process of creating a model on the computer is very quick. The splint was surgically attached to Kaiba’s collapsed bronchus and results were seen moments after.

"When the stitches were put in, we started seeing the lung inflate and deflate," Dr. Glenn Green, associate professor of pediatric otolaryngology at the University of Michigan, stated. "It was so fabulous. There were people in the operating room cheering."


The splint was engineered from a powder called polycaprolactone, or PCL, which is often used to fill holes in the skull after brain surgery. It will degrade over time and hopefully leave behind a fully functioning lung.


Thursday 23 May 2013

Facing Cancer, With A Robot Surgeon By My Side

Author, Barbara J. King, was recently diagnosed with a rare form of endometrial cancer. Dr. Irvin of Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia will be performing a radical hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot. 

She gives NPR readers an optimistic look into her life post-diagnosis and her thought processes just before her surgery.