Robopsy, a robotic device to assist radiologists performing tumor biopsies was invented by an MIT 2.75 team led by Rajiv Gupta, MD, CIMIT Investigator and Site Miner. The team was awarded the 2007 MIT $100K prize, the world's leading entrepreneurship competition, and the first-place award at the 2008 ASME Innovation Showcase.
Robopsy, will help interventional radiologists perform soft tissue probe insertions with greater speed and accuracy and reduced complications and physician strain. The device is a small, patent-pending, lightweight, inexpensive, disposable, radiolucent, telerobotic tool which adheres directly to a patient inside the CT bore. Guided by the radiologist in the control room, it remotely grips, orients and inserts a standard biopsy needle, or other probe, while permitting simultaneous imaging of the needle location. The entire system is CT scanner independent and portable, packing away into a single case.
Benefits for patients: more precise Interventions, earlier diagnoses and fewer complications.
Benefits for doctors and hospitals: more consistent performance, better imaging equipment utilization and less stressful procedures.
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Posted by: Kathryn | 24 February 2012 at 08:31 AM