Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center in Panama City, Fla., installed Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci Surgical System Xi, according to the Panama City News Herald.
Here are four takeaways:
1. The da Vinci Surgical System Xi includes several robotic arms and allows physicians to view the surgery area on a 3-D screen.
2. Intuitive Surgical designed the system to replicate a surgeons’ wrist. The device’s mechanical wrists bends and rotates similar to a surgeons.
3. The minimally invasive surgery system cost the hospital $2 million and surgeons are currently undergoing training to use the system.
4. Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center expects patients to undergo surgeries using the da Vinci Surgical System Xi in the upcoming weeks.