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surgery
New da Vinci Robot Displays Your Internal Organs in 3D HD!
It's the ultimate home theater system that you'll (hopefully) never be conscious to see. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by General Halfshaftery: You can view my external organ in 3-D too, baby. 5 Responses | Other threads
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sports
Lance Armstrong's 12 Screws and Metal Plate in Collarbone Make Him a Low-Grade Cyborg
Lance Armstrong received surgery to more quickly fix his collarbone, which was broken into 4 pieces during a bicycle race in Spain. I wonder if he knows that the metal from the screws can set off the metal detectors in airports sometimes. (I have a titanium rod in my left tibia and the left over screw shavings set off the alarms 50% of the time, especially in higher security airports. True, as confirmed by the hand wands during the manual pat down.) More »
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By Brian LamComment by 3o01: Wow, I'm looking forward to watching him. :) 3 Responses | Other threads
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pew pew
Stitching Wounds Using Lasers
We know lasers cut things, but now they're being used to stitch things up too? Doctors at Tel Aviv University have figured out a way to weld skin shut by meticulously control a laser's heat.
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By Elaine ChowComment by CaptainHoratioMcCallister: I like the incredibly low tech application of super glue to suture, but this is very cool too, pew pew... 3 Responses | Other threads
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science
Proteus Motor Swims Through Bloodstream, Looks Pretty Much Like a Sperm
The tiny Proteus motor, at only 2.5 times the width of a human hair, is small enough to enter the bloodstream and perform duties previously requiring some surgical slice-and-dice. More »
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By Dan NosowitzComment by citizen024: how do they get it out? cut your aorta? 6 Responses | Other threads
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prosthesis
Bomb Victim Fitted With Cyborg Arm That Fuses With Her Own Skin and Bone
Kira Mason, a victim of the London bombing attacks in July of 2005 has been fitted with a cyborg arm that fuses with her own skin and bone. The procedure has been called "a breakthrough." More »
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By Sean FallonComment by theorieofself: that strap on her arm looks like an iPod nano arm band...the kind you would wear to the gym... 4 Responses | Other threads
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science
Finally, Lasers That Heal Wounds Rather Than Creating Them
Generally, when you think of a hot laser being pointed at your body, you'd expect it to create a hole rather than seal one up. And most of the time, you'd be right. But Abraham Katzir, a physicist at Tel Aviv University, has just begun human trials of healing lasers that promise less scarring, faster healing and less risk of infection when compared to traditional stiches. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Kaiser-Machead: Actually, the agent's name being held by Scorpio was Mr. Bunt. /nerd 15 Responses | Other threads
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surgery
New Robot Lets Surgeons Operate on a Heart While It Still Beats
Heart surgery is usually a case of "be still my beating heart" since it's easier to work with static tissue, despite the risk of brain damage and all the complications of cardiopulmonary bypass machines. No longer, perhaps: some clever bods at Harvard University and the Children's Hospital Boston have come up with a robotic system that can compensate for the movements of a heart in real time...meaning certain procedures can be performed to fix a dicky ticker without halting its beat. More »
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By Kit EatonComment by 3DaysTillTheState_GitEmSteveDave: Can it fix my broken heart? <\\3 5 Responses | Other threads
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you are clearly not a doctor
Stable, Sane Young Man Installs DIY RFID Implant into His Hand
Some people are sick of waiting for the RFID implant controversy to play out, and at least one of those people is taking action. YouTube user Quethe has posted a video demonstrating his own RFID implantation technique, involving a terrifying pencil-size needle and a chip designed for pets, which he is using for a predictably unnerving purpose. Also — and Quethe makes this quite clear — this implant does not mean that he is the Antichrist. Phew! Mildly NSFW video and generally unhinged Millenialist ruminations after the jump. More » -
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electric knife
Electric Surgery Knife Sets Patient's Throat Ablaze
I'm glad I had my tonsils out years ago, or this would make me think twice about it. A 76-year-old man admitted to the hospital in Chiba, Japan, for respiratory failure was about to have a new tube implanted in his trachea when the one already in there caught fire as the doctor cut into his throat with an electrosurgical knife. The flames reached as high as 10 centimeters, and scorched his respiratory passage, mouth and face. More »
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Comment by CountryDevil: One word: Lawsuit.... and as lawsuit happy as us American's can be... well this one is justified.... 4 Responses | Other threads
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pain relief
Parachute Fail Victim Receives First Implant of the Eon Mini Pacemaker For Pain
Adam Hammond, a former member of the U.S. Army's "Golden Knights" Parachute Team, has become the first recipient of the Eon Mini—the world's smallest spinal cord stimulator. After suffering a broken femur, a shattered pelvis and a severed spine in an epic parachute fail a few years ago, it seemed that Hammond would be condemned to a life of severe chronic pain. Doctors hoped that implanting the new Eon Mini would offer a solution by delivering repeated mild electrical impulses to the spinal cord. So far, Hammond claims that the device offers "significant pain relief" and that he was able to "walk twice as far" as he could previously. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by Mooby: Is that a Susan B. Anthony dollar? Talk about epic fail. 8 Responses | Other threads
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surgery
Peak's Plasmablade is Sci-Fi-like Surgical Tool of the Future
Cutting open a person for surgery using a plain old scalpel seems pretty barbarian compared to this new cutting tool from Peak. Instead of a sharp metal edge, or even an electrosurgical cutter, the Plasmablade uses pulses of plasma generated around its tip to locally cut and cauterize flesh such as skin, fat and muscle. It has the advantages of not damaging nearby tissue since its generated heat remains short term and local, and there's less... uh... smoke to worry about than with electrosurgical tools. If you can stomach the idea, there's a pretty graphic demo video of the blade in action. Just don't be eating while you watch. More » -
fat buster
Electric Implant Device Could Do Away With Gastric Bypass
Thanks to the research team at EnteroMedics, there may be new hope in our quest to lose weight while avoiding regular physical activity and a healthy diet. The device they have come up with is implanted just under the skin and uses electrical signals to block the vagus nerve—which controls how the stomach expands when we eat. Naturally, if the stomach doesn't expand, that would mean that the user would feel full much faster than normal. It also reduces our craving for food in general. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by catastrophegirl - just add kittens: i find it absurd that people could want to do this INTENTIONALLY. it sounds like this device causes gastroparesis, a... more » | Other threads
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surgery
Tiny Surgical Instruments Suck Appendix Out of Your Stomach and Into Your Mouth
The vanity-saturated life of a Gizmodo writer means no scars, visible or otherwise, so this breakthrough procedure for appendicitis is a godsend for those among us who still have the vestigial organ. According to doctors who performed the operation in San Diego, a flexible tube is used to thread miniature surgical instruments down the patient's throat into their stomach. At that point, the fun begins—unless you're an appendix, of course. More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by AmbroseP: @sonofray: That naive outlook is partly responsible for the current state of health care in the United States. Physicians entrusted with... more » | Other threads
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jesusphone saves
The iPhone Is Truly the JesusPhone, Helps Kids Avoid Sedatives
And the Lord came to Dr. Daniel Low and told him: "Praise the iPhone, for it can make your calls, get your mail, play your music, browse the web, and now help kids go to surgery without having to use sedatives to calm them down!" And the Lord—who looked remarkably like this guy— gave him one, and then he took it to the kids at the Seattle Children's Hospital, where he raised it up on high, saying: "first, shalt thou watch the videos. Then shalt thou calm the hell down, no more, no less." And the children calmed down, and he saw it was good. So good, in fact, that he has used it for six months with 450 children, reducing the use of drugs by 85%. But how does it work? More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by VENAT0R: just give em w33d.. that will calm them down muy bueno w/o having to soil your fingers with iShit more » | Other threads
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fronkonsteen
Open-Skull Brain-Machine Interface to Control Robotic Limbs
A neurosurgery team at Osaka University is now installing brain-machine interfaces directly into patients' heads. They claim the invasive open-skull surgery allows control over robotic limbs with the mind more accurately. In fact, in trials with four test subjects, their method has more than 80% accuracy. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by x23: Servo [as Jan]: You just had to go fast, didn't you? Now look, Mr. Bigshot! Now I don't have a... more » | Other threads
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robots
CardioArm Surgical Snake Will Worm its Way Into Your Heart
Just last year, we showed you the concept i-Snake medical robot, and now a different team actually has a similar device for real: the CardioArm. This little robo-tentacle is being developed partly at Carnegie Mellon University, and is apparently the most flexible endoscope ever that follows its own camera-head in a snake-like way through your innards. Since it enters the body through a single incision, it's much less traumatic for the patient: minimally invasive surgery is clearly the way ahead. More » -
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Eye-Controlled Robot Performs Open Heart Surgery, Makes a Mean Pastrami Sandwich
Right now, the best Doogie Howser-bot around still requires a surgeon to actually go through motions of surgery, making them suffer hand cramps and light perspiration, when they could be sipping lattes or curing cancer. Well, researchers at the Imperial College London are upgrading the Da Vinci surgery robot so operating docs can control it with their eyes. More » -
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By Sean FallonComment by vroomvroombumblebee: What's that saying? There's more than one way to skin a Pleo? :) Poor pleo. He's not getting any love these... more » | Other threads
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medical gadgets
i-Snake Robot to Offer Slithering Assistance During Surgery
The i-Snake may sound like a cheap iPod peripheral, but it is actually the name of a revolutionary concept surgical robot, which hopes to advance keyhole surgery significantly. A team at Imperial College, London, has been awarded a 2.1 million ($4.2 million) grant to work on the device, which will be an elongated tube with a series of motors, sensors and imaging tools. More »
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By Haroon MalikComment by RalphWiggum: From the drawing alone, this makes absolutely no sense given what is required in a bypass although if someone gave... more » | Other threads
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cellphones
Surgeon Suspended After Using Cellphone to Photograph Patient's Penis During Operation
A surgeon in the US has been suspended after he used his cellphone to snap a patient's penis during surgery. Dr Adam Hansen of the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, was inserting a catheter into patient during a routine gallbladder operation when he whipped out his mobile and started snapping away at Sean Dubrovik's schlong. It must have been something to do with the 37-year-old strip club owner's eye-popping body art. More » -
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'Abdominal Etching' Provides a Six-Pack Without the Exercise
Do you want a hot set of washboard abs to impress the ladies with? Are you also much too lazy to actually do the sit-ups required to get them naturally? Good news, America! You can get "abdominal etching" done, a form of plastic surgery that gives you a six-pack without the work. For a mere $4,000 to $7,000 you too can have an awkward combo of manboobs and a six-pack to confuse and perhaps titillate the ladies. Stay tuned for a review of the procedure by our very own Jason Chen, God willing. [WSJ via Neatorama]
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By Adam FrucciComment by Jory: Read the article, it says it's a type of precision liposuction, which would mean those are, in face, his real... 1 Responses | Other threads
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morons
Giant Moron Surgically Trims Thumbs for Better iPhone Use
Thomas Martel surgically altered his thumbs with a new technique called "whittling" to better enable his naturally oversized digits to use his iPhone. The plastic surgeon made a small incision to each thumb, shaved down the bones, and even made some enhancements to his muscles and fingernails. More » -
gadgets
Minibot Performs Surgery From the Inside Out
Boy, this sounds pleasant. Researchers in Japan have developed a Minibot that enters your body via an incision. It's then controlled from the outside while it performs surgery on you. It has forceps to take tissue samples, can deliver medicine, and take pictures. Most previous mini robots designed for your insides could only take pictures; this is the first to actually be proactive once inside. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Another_Andreas: Building off of what trevinom mentioned,... And thus begins the new genre of Japanese Monster movies - Mini Kaiju! It's... more » | Other threads
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gadgets
Slim Down Without Working Out With Ultrashape
A new technology called Ultrashape gives plastic surgeons a non-invasive way to get the fat out of your body. Instead of cutting you open and sucking out the lard, Ultrashape uses ultrasound to "break down" fat cells so your body can expel them the next time you expel something. Sounds a bit like the side effects of eating chips with Olestra. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by tsmith227: Ultrashape does work if you don't go here and you know what to look for to maximize treatment.One of the... more » | Other threads
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robots
Dextrous Robots Get Into Tiny Human Crevices
Next time you go to get your gall bladder removed, your surgeon may have a tiny helper. No, it's not a bile-covered gnome. It's a robot!
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