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Robotic device cleared for heart surgery.(Updates)(Brief Article)

Publication: FDA Consumer
Publication Date: 01-SEP-04 		Format: Online - approximately 178 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A new use for a robotic device that assists surgeons in the operating room was cleared by the FDA in July 2004.

Now approved to assist in coronary bypass surgery, the da Vinci Endoscopic Instrument Control System allows a surgeon to perform heart surgery while seated at a console...

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