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- From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
- Subject: Re: Robodoc
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:08:45 GMT
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- In article <69211@cup.portal.com> amigan@cup.portal.com (R Michael Medwid) writes:
- >An article from the Associated Press today described a robot called
- >"Robodoc" that was used during a hip-replacement operation. It was
- >billed as the first time a robot had been used in surgery.
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- An article that I read said that robots have been used in surgery
- before. The difference in this case was that the robot performed
- an active role. Previously, the robots have always performed a passive
- role. (Don't ask me what this means. But someone on the net must know.)
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- Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)
- From the beautiful and historic Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY state
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