Doctors on the ground perform the first remote space surgery via robot on the ISS

A robotic device performed surgery on the International Space Station while being monitored by a medical team on Earth, 400 km from the planet’s orbit

A collective effort has allowed doctors to operate remotely, from Earth, to robot surgeon in space, on board the International Space Station (ISS). Still in the testing phase, the device – called spaceMIRA – performed the operation on rubber strips, which has already proven its efficiency in the hands of medical professionals.

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About the size of a microwave oven, the remote surgery robot was brought to the ISS aboard the Falcon 9 rocket, from SpaceX, in January. Astronaut Loral O’Hara, from NASAinstalled the machine on February 8, according to information from AFP. The robot was produced by the Virtual Incision company, also from the United States.

Remote robots on Earth and in space

From the Virtual Incision facilities, 400 km from the ISS’s location in Earth orbit, a team of six surgeons took turns simulating elastic tissue surgery in space. One of the robot’s hands applies pressure to the tissue while the other dissects it with surgical scissors, a technique used in several surgeries and which occurred without problems in the remote system.

Although tested with the robot surgeon was successful, there are limitations: one of these is the delay between the ground operations center and the ISS, of approximately 0.85 seconds. It may not seem like much, but time is of the essence in surgery, so even half a second can be a challenge for the surgeon.

Space travel can pose numerous health risks to astronauts plans to colonize the Moon and nearby planetsremote medical care can be an important ally in such efforts.

A technology spaceMIRA, however, plans to be used mainly on Earth. In most countries, there are rural or remote regions where access to specialists is limited or non-existent, and with the possibility of telesurgery such as that performed on the ISS, essential medical care can be successfully performed remotely.

Although enthusiastic about the space demonstration, the CEO of the company responsible, John Murphy, said in a statement that the impact of the research will be more notable especially on Earth.

Source: Virtual engravingAFP via Phys.org

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