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London is preparing a revolution in surgery
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A surgical robot called i-create Snake British experts, hoping that their creation will become truly a revolution in medicine.
Thanks to the device that doctors will be able to carry out complex procedures, which are now only possible with the use of surgical intervention.
Experts London's Imperial College has received a for this purpose in the amount of 2.1 million pounds sterling (more than 4 million).
i-Snake is a long tube, which are Micromotors, sensors and tools for video, the device is designed primarily to facilitate coronary bypass, but it can be used to diagnose and bowels and other organs, which are otherwise very penetrate without surgery difficult.
Initially, the device will be tested in the laboratory, but it will soon begin its creators intend to use and to the patient.
"Brilliant ability to obtain images and other data, combined with the availability and sensitivity of i-Snake would allow for much more sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, than what is possible today," - a famous surgeon said Lord Ara Darzi, Deputy Health Minister of Great Britain.
"Among the financial advantages to be gained use of i-Snake - earlier, less costly treatment at a reduced need for surgery, faster recovery from the operation, reducing the time the operation - noted Lord Ara - as well as non-counting of benefits improve patient care and quality of life. "
Dr. Ted Bianco of the medical charity Wellcome Fund agreed with a colleague. "Gone are the days when the operating rules of surgical scalpel - he says. - The future of surgery for smart devices such as i-Snake."
Given all these factors, specialists already working to avoid any need for a scalpel.
One possible way - the so-called endoscopic surgery transluminal (English acronym - NOTES), which assumes the use for medical purposes natural openings in the human body.
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