Surgical Robots

Who would be comfortable being operated on by a surgeon with numb fingers? Surgical robots have become very popular because they permit minimally invasive procedures with reduced recovery times, but those robots provide the surgeon with no sensory feedback other than vision. We are working with the manufacturers of surgical robots to eliminate this compromise. The compliant, liquid-filled BioTac interacts with living tissues similarly to the surgeon's fingertip, providing excellent sensitivity to lumps and textural changes as it is scanned over tissue surfaces. Its unique technology is readily adapted to sterilization and insertion through tiny surgical ports and to operation in salt-water-filled spaces.