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URobotics—Urology Robotics at Johns Hopkins

2001; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 6; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/10929080109146305

1097-0150

Dan Stoianovici,

Augmented Reality Applications

URobotics (Urology Robotics) is a program of the Urology Department at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions dedicated to the development of new technology for urologic surgery (http://urology.jhu.edu/urobotics). The program is unique in that it is the only academic engineering program exclusively applied to urology. The program combines efforts and expertise from the medical and engineering fields through a close partnership of clinical and technical personnel. Since its creation in 1996, the URobotics lab has created several devices, instruments, and robotic systems, several of which have been successfully used in the operating room. This article reviews the technology developed in our laboratory and its surgical applications, and highlights our future directions.