Probably you guessed right—both. We are not the Hollywood film industry, therefore we are going to be talking about the latter. The Da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic system that assists surgeons in performing various complex procedures. With robotic help? Sounds pretty easy, right? Well, it’s not that straightforward to be honest, but let us unwrap this mystery.
This tool, machine, robot, or however we would like to name it, basically makes procedures faster, simpler, safer, and easier, of course. The Da Vinci system includes a robotic arm, which can hold surgical instruments. These can be controlled on a console by a surgeon, where the surgeon can see the surgical view in 3D with magnification. Through this console, the system can be controlled, and it translates the surgeon’s movements into smaller and more precise movements. Therefore, the same surgery can be performed with greater control and enhanced precision, making it less painful, speeding up recovery, and reducing the risk of infection for the patient. We could write essays about this, from being able to perform surgery remotely to being able to make real-time CTs and MRIs, but that topic is for another time. Easy as one-two-three, isn’t it? Well, just make sure a surgeon is controlling the console and the system.
In a nutshell, this system has three components, which are the following: the surgeon console, where you can control basically the whole game (the whole system). Then we have the patient cart, which holds all the toys (the surgical instruments). After that, the vision system, which doesn’t really need an explanation,.
The goal is obviously evident, and if you’ve reached this point of the article, I am sure you already know the answer: Make it more advanced and have a robotic assistant in every ER. At this point, the system is in kindergarten in terms of its limits and potential, but to this day, it has already assisted in millions of surgeries, and it is the most recognized robotic name in surgery.
