Robotic ARM removes Brain Tumor

A Robot has helped surgeons in Canada to remove the brain tumor from a 21 year old woman. Doctors controlled the Neuro Arm from from a computer work station to guide the two-armed device through Paige Nickason’s brain through a 9 hour operation.

The Neuro Arm is more precise an works with a magnetic resonance imaging scan(MRI). It is able to move in far smaller increments than a surgeons hand. According to doctor Garnette Sutherland, who led the university of Calagry team that developed the robot, “Neuro Arm will improve surgical outcomes as it is less invasive and more delicate in its touch”.