The experiment, deemed a “huge success” by the participants, represents a new step in the development of space surgery, which could become necessary to treat medical emergencies during multi-year manned voyages, such as to Mars. The technology could also be used to develop remote-control surgery techniques on Earth, to serve isolated areas. The robot, developed by Virtual Incision (VIC) and the University of Nebraska, is called spaceMIRA.
It took off for the International Space Station at the end of January, aboard a payload carried by a SpaceX rocket. Stored inside a compact box the size of a microwave oven, the robot was installed last Thursday by NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, who has been in space since last September. The experiment then took place on Saturday, conducted from Virtual Incision’s headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska.
It lasted around two hours, with six surgeons taking a go at operating the robot, which is equipped with a camera and two arms. “The experiment tested standard surgical techniques like grasping, manipulating and cutting tissue.
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