Solo Surgery Powered by AI: A Breakthrough in Surgical Automation
In an impressive breakthrough in the medical field, a surgeon in Chile has just achieved the laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder entirely by himself with the help of an AI-controlled autonomous camera system. It was operated at Clinic Las Condes in Santiago, and currently is being called as the first live surgery operation with AI-controlled autonomous camera, marking a first major step towards future of robot-assisted and automated surgery. A New Era of Surgery Begins Conventionally, laparoscopic surgeries or usually referred to as keyhole surgeries involve a crew, whereby one of the assistants known as a camera assistant operates an endoscopic camera to ensure that the surgeon has the best view. Here, though, all the camera control was left to the AI system, which meant that the lead surgeon, Dr. Ricardo Funke, was left free to work on his own. The technology, developed by Levita Magnetics, is a combination of: Computer software that can monitor surgical tools. A magnetic surger...