Cleveland-based University Hospitals' UH Elyria (Ohio) Medical Center hosted local Elyria-based middle and high school robotics teams Nov. 14 so students could test and learn about the hospital's orthopedic technology, according to The Morning Journal.
Here are four things to know:
1. With a specific concentration on joint replacements, the medical center set up a variety of stations for the more then 50 students to interact with.
2. One station included information on knee replacement surgery, complete with a practice leg figure and a Mako robotic-assisted joint surgery machine that students could test out and perform practice surgeries with.
3. Orthopedic surgeon Matthew Popa, MD, said students were introduced to Mako's newest robotic-assisted surgery machine, which covers more portions of the hip and leg, according to the report.
4. Describing the hospital's motivation behind the event, Dr. Popa told The Morning Journal, "It's really cool for these students to come, the robotics teams work with this kind of stuff, and it shows them a different application of it in medicine that maybe that they haven't known about before."