| The da Vinci System is made up of a surgical tower and console. The tower has three arms which are all placed placed into the patient's body via 8mm incisions and controlled by the surgeon seated at the console. The two outer arms on the tower have specialized adaptors that allow 20 different 8mm surgical instruments to be attached and rotated with six degrees of freedom. The middle arm is attached to a specialized stereoscopic laparoscope which provides the surgeon a 3D view of the operative field.
The surgical console is made up the stereoscopic 3-D monitor that projects images from the stereoscopic laparoscope in real time, and two joysticks controlled by two fingers from each hand, that is suspended in air by hydraulics, allowing the movement of the surgeon's hands to be precisely translated into movements of the 8mm instruments. It is analogous to miniaturizing the surgeon's hands and eyes and placing them inside your body to work.
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The da Vinci surgical tower with specialized adaptor arms and 3-D laparoscope |
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The 3-D monitor and joysticks allow the surgeon to see and move inside the patient with the utmost precision. |
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