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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 »

9:20 AM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Kit Eaton
17,500 views, 44 comments

Latest by n/a: Awesome! Now does it cut through bone cause that's the final requirement for it to make it to plasma sword status. 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 »

2:00 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Sean Fallon
5,307 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: i find it absurd that people could want to do this INTENTIONALLY. it sounds like this device causes gastroparesis, a very unpleasant condition which i happen to have. sure, i lost 20 pounds in a month when it started until more »

robots

Robot Surgeon Performs Hair Transplants, Less Pain for Baldies, Claims Maker

A hair transplant performed by a robot could be less painful and give a more natural result, claims a US firm. Restoration Robotics has created an automaton that works in a similar way that other robot surgeons do when synchronizing with the movements of a beating heart, and can bestow a full head of hair on a slaphead in around five hours. Restoration Robotics' Frederic Moll, explains how his hair'bot works below. More »

8:00 AM on Thu May 15 2008
By AddyDugdale
4,403 views, 28 comments

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.
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3:00 PM on Sun May 11 2008
By Jack Loftus
24,640 views, 40 comments

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 »

3:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Jesus Diaz
12,856 views, 48 comments

Latest by VENAT0R: just give em w33d.. that will calm them down muy bueno w/o having to soil your fingers with iShit more »

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 »

10:40 AM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Jesus Diaz
4,211 views, 28 comments

Latest by x23: Servo [as Jan]: You just had to go fast, didn't you? Now look, Mr. Bigshot! Now I don't have a body anymore! Are you happy? - - - [In search of a replacement body for Jan's head, Dr. Bill Cortner examines cardboard more »

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 »

1:29 PM on Sun Apr 6 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,944 views, 42 comments

Latest by blue moon: EW!!! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! !!!! Maybe I've seen to many scifi/horror movies, but that thing just gives me the willies! more »

robots

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 »

6:30 PM on Sat Mar 22 2008
By matt buchanan
3,621 views, 3 comments

robot abuse

Pleo Undergoes Intense Surgical Procedure


First our little dinosaur friend Pleo had to endure a brutal beatdown at the hands of his cruel masters, and now he is forced to undergo a grueling (and shockingly graphic) 23 minute dissection. Poor Pleo —just remember that this abuse hurts us more than it does you. [PleoDreams]

7:00 PM on Sun Dec 30 2007
By Sean Fallon
683 views, 1 comment

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 »

1:00 AM on Sun Dec 30 2007
By Haroon Malik
3,649 views, 9 comments

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 »

9:53 AM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By AddyDugdale
17,719 views, 35 comments

surgery

'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]

11:20 AM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By Adam Frucci
30,394 views, 69 comments

Latest by n/a: I dunno. $7,000 will buy a lot of hookers, and they don't care /what/ you look like. more »

body mods

Spock-Ear Plastic Surgery Mod is Not Logical

Ever thought of getting yourself a permanent pair of Star Trek Vulcan ears? A day trip to the plastic surgeon can get that done for you. This body modification is said to enhance the music listening experience, but then, you have to go around looking like Spock to enjoy that questionable benefit. More »

9:22 AM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Charlie White
24,039 views, 61 comments

rocket surgery

Rocket Fueled by Hydrogen: Oh, the Humanity!

Now you can blast off this Discovery Hydrogen Fuel Rocket, a hydrogen-fueled missile powered by the same element that fueled the upper stages of the Saturn V launch vehicle that sent man to the moon. A cool twist is that you generate your own hydrogen fuel in the rocket's launch pad using ordinary water, and that sends this rocket soaring 200 feet into near space. More »

12:00 PM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Charlie White
6,828 views, 24 comments

In the past two years, the Australian Navy has paid for 13 women to get breast implants for reasons of morale. But whose morale? [Danger Room]

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facial surgery

Printing New Bones in Plastic

Researchers in Japan have started using 3D printers to create replacement facial bones for patients. The new bones are made of alpha-tricalcium phosphate, which we're told is strong enough for bones, as long as they're not weight-bearing. Now, my limited medical knowledge may come from watching ER, but it seems obvious to me that the doctors should be using Adamantium. [Sci Fi]

5:46 AM on Tue Aug 14 2007
By msparkes
1,413 views, 8 comments

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 »

4:33 PM on Thu Aug 9 2007
By Brian Lam
33,760 views, 60 comments

airport surgery

ER Check-In, Tell Me Where It Hurts


Our jaded, product-hating cousins over at the Consumerist covered this story earlier in the week, but apparently one hospital has added computerized check-in kiosks to reduce wait times. Similar to offerings at most modern airports, the touch interface asks patients to choose between options like pain and numbness, following up with a human model for anatomical placement of the symptoms. We're torn—the faster check-ins seem like a great idea. We just hope it doesn't prompt hospitals to cut staff...creating pains in the lower posterior. [consumerist]


12:00 PM on Sat Jul 21 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,275 views, 18 comments

Latest by Promethh: Obviously whoever designed this has never waited in line at a self-service grocery checkout. Being stuck behind teenagers who think it's funny to scan every damn thing to see at what angles it works or doesn't, or being stuck more »

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