Whenever you think about hospitals, certain things
come to mind, including doctors, nurses, operating rooms and patient beds. It is
no wonder that you all think of mostly about the same things, since these are
the things without which you can't imagine a hospital.
But what happens when you
visit any hospital and you will find robots carrying first-aid trays going into
private wards to give injections to the patients or walking in general wards for
routine examination.
Although this is a not a new thing for us which we become
to know but experiencing them everywhere has yet to happen and that's why maybe
you will encounter this situation in the near future.
We must have read about robots or
seen them cleaning floors, washing clothes and drapes rugs etc. in hospitals but
now we can now see them doing other smart works including testing and diagnosing
patients as well.
No doubt it is a kind of revolutionary event which has
happened in our day-to-day life. In 1985, the Robot was first introduced in
medical science its name is PUMA560. PUMA 560 was used in brain biopsy.
I
remember when I was in ninth standard I had read about Brian Davies in a
science magazine which comes in my school library. Mr. Davies is a scientist who
has designed a robot which was capable of removing soft tissues from the human body;
this invention has come into light in 1988.
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PUMA 560 analysis
It was a very inspirational invention
in those days as technology was not so advanced.But because use of such kinds
of machines is very bold step as human body is very sensitive from inside, so
using the machinery inside the human body for which an extra care is needed by
default as any rude or insensitive and nonsense treatment can cause fatal to the
lives of patients.
So using insensitive machines in these places would have
needed lots of support and confidence of 'will not happen anything wrong'.
The
support of doctors which is needed most was not provided by them and hence use
of robots has been limited to an extent.
The other thing was These places are
very sensitive so use of robots with arms and legs could be very dangerous if
someday they could not be controlled by the central system. Hence a decision of
making very small robots was made.
And scientists have engrossed themselves in
bringing their concepts alive. Scientists have decided to design robots of
three axis and an additional axis after some time which can help in contributing
Prostate surgery. But now the use of robots is becoming very common. Even I also
know N number of people who have benefited from computer-assisted surgery.
Computer assisted surgery is also known as image-guided surgery is a 3-D
surgery. It is a computer based procedure that uses technology of 3-D imaging
and real-time sensing. It allows better treatment due to its ability of better
visualization and targeting of sites.
Surgery by robots is not exactly the
surgery done by robots, the whole procedure is controlled by human minds which are in other places of this world.Robotic surgery is nothing but a
combination of computerized programming and mechanical parts including motors,
sensors etc.