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Biocompatible 3-D tracking system has potential to improve robot-assisted surgery

February 21, 2017

The cutting-edge biocompatible near-infrared 3-D tracking system used to guide the suturing in the first smart tissue autonomous robot (STAR) surgery has the potential to improve manual and robot-assisted surgery and interventions through unobstructed 3-D visibility and enhanced accuracy, according to a new study. Read more at PR Newswire.