L'Opération Lindbergh 2001

 

A little flashback to the milestone event of the first trans-Atlantic surgery that took place September 7, 2001.

"LINDBERGH OPERATION

presented work that made possible to carry out the first remote surgery on a human being, performed on September 7, 2001 between New York and Strasbourg. This project, called the Lindbergh Operation, demonstrated the feasibility of a surgical operation remotely assisted by a robot by combining the latest innovations in remote-controlled surgery and broadband telecommunications. Wefirst examine the human, operational and technical issues involved in this project. We give a functional description of the robot used and the technological developments required to interface it with a high speed telecommunications network. Then we describe the telecommunication techniques that were set up for the final operation. In conclusion, we discuss the prospects for evolution of the cooperative work process in the medical feld and other industrial sectors." 

Source: Bernard et al. L'Operation Lindberg, 2003