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Washington. The operating room will have a new helping hand after the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday it had given approval to the Da Vinci Surgical System, the nation's first robotic surgical device. The three-armed assistant will help surgeons better perform laparoscopic surgery, and is already being tested on more delicate surgeries, such as heart valve replacements. Da Vinci could one day improve microsurgery because of its precise movements in tiny spaces, FDA experts said. Da Vinci's specialized arms mimic the movement of the surgeon's hands as it is controlled from a computer next to the patient, and uses multiple lenses to give surgeons a three-dimensional image from inside the patient's body. |
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