Design Brief
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State-of-the-Art, second generation robot for live human surgery
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Client/Sponsor
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Intuitive Surgical |
Award(s) |
2006 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) IDEA award (in the Medical & Scientific Products category) from Business Week magazine. Click here for more |
Designed & Built |
2003-2006, Launched January 2006 |
Patents |
...I've lost count...maybe 15+? |
(11Jan2006): The new "da Vinci-S" surgical system from Intuitive Surgical has officially launched! Here is the first glimpse of the new state-of-the art in surgical robotics: I am extremely proud and honored to have been a part of the incredible group of engineers that created this remarkable machine. |