The Intuitive Surgical da Vinci robot is the king-of-the-hill in this industry. Every year, nearly 2 million procedures are done with their robot. Understanding the field has to start with understanding what this robot can do.
I found a great video that shows the manufacturing process for the robot. Love it! (Kind of long at 12 minutes).
https://youtu.be/_WsgJznDVIc
Dan and I discuss the role of the Chief Technology Officer - what a CTO does, how one reaches the position, and some interesting stories about my own experiences in the role. Listen Here.
Following the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Robotic Surgery, I was a guest on the Health Connective podcast where we dicussed advances in robotic surgery devices - to include new robots, telesurgery, AI, and the impressive advances made by Chinese and Indian...
Aya Huma Mask (Diablo Huma-Huma Devil) In Ecuador and Peru, the winter solstice is sometimes still celebrated by honoring the Incan sun god, Inti. Some mistakenly consider this a summer solstice ceremony, apparently forgetting that, except in Colombia and the northern...
The Robotic Surgeon series is just beginning to develop branches. Before it gets too complicated, I wanted to create a timeline showing where each story goes and identifying each as part of this universe. I am already working on the fourth full novel and have a good...
It's so hard to watch movies on the streaming services when the stories you write yourself are better than most of the things they are offering. Oh, the burdens of being an original writer.
I love this statue. It is a tribute to the part that mice, as a species, have played in the advancement of medical science. It appears in a park in Siberia, Russia in front of one of their science laboratories....
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