Tiny Mechanical Wrist Supports Needlescopic Surgeries

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-22614
Published October 01, 2015 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
Language:
  • English

A tiny mechanical wrist from a team of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt University’s Medical Engineering and Discovery Laboratory will be used on needle-sized surgical robots. The wrist is less than 1/16th of an inch (2 mm) thick.