Let's be real about robots. In orthopedics today, surgeons are only using the robot as a tool. The robot may be more accurate, but the robot is not smart. It's not AI. It's really just A (Artificial) without and I (Intelligence). We are decades away from robots doing the entire surgery. Don't get your hopes up.
However, let's talk about the possibility of remote surgery using the robot as a tool. With better robotics and faster internet, we are close to an orthopedic surgeon performing the surgery from a distance.
In the future, a patient in Malaysia could get his hip replacement done by a surgeon at HSS without traveling to the US. Remote orthopedic surgery will become a reality befor robots are intelligent.
To get a better idea of what is possible, read the breakthrough story about remote heart surgery that just happened.
This is reprinted from Peter Diamandis newsletter, Abundance Insider.
What it is: In a new coup for telemedicine, cardiologist Dr. Tejas Patel has now performed five percutaneous coronary intervention procedures (PCIs) through a precision vascular robot. Enabling Patel to conduct the procedure a full 20 miles fr...
