FlexDex Surgical - No Robot Required for Intuitive Control

Simply Amazing
http://www.medgadget.com/2016/06/flexdex-minimally-invasive-tool-control-system.html

 

Does this device allow surgeons to perform the surgery while comfortably seated? If not, it does nothing to address the main benefit of the robot.

 

Good article, but these video's are better:
https://vimeo.com/148529863
https://vimeo.com/165624589
https://vimeo.com/148516530

 

Those are cute videos.

Too little, too late.

 

These are even better!
https://vimeo.com/174391658
https://vimeo.com/173941779

 

Surgeons are saying that FlexDex "is intuitive with natural controls" & "will do away with the need for a robot to suture".

http://www.generalsurgerynews.com/Technology/Article/01-17/Disposable-Needle-Driver-Could-Be-Disruptive-Technology/39074

 

Great article about FlexDex Surgical's first device. Surgeons are quoted saying it is an "intuitive type of device with natural movements,” and "it’s going to do away with the need for a robot to suture”

http://www.generalsurgerynews.com/Technology/Article/01-17/Disposable-Needle-Driver-Could-Be-Disruptive-Technology/39074

 

FlexDex - The $500 Robotic Surgeon

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-500-robotic-surgeon_us_58b532a1e4b0658fc20f99c3

 

This $500 Mechanical Arm Could Bring Precision Surgery to the Masses
FRI, MAR 10

FlexDex, a mechanical arm developed by a team at University of Michigan, could bring precision surgical procedures to hospitals that can't afford expensive surgery robots.

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/this-mechanical-arm-could-bring-precision-surgery-to-the-masses-894890051696