Updates on the Vicarius system

  

"Vicarious Surgical, a robotics-based medical company, which recently merged with D8 Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company. Vicarious Surgical is slated to go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) where it is expected to garner up to $460 million, with an estimated $1.1 billion valuation.  Founded in Massachusetts in 2014, Vicarious Surgical has been developing what it calls “human-like surgical robots” connected to VR headsets, which is said to transport surgeons inside a patient to perform minimally invasive surgery.  “Our robotic solution has arms that replicate human motion, offering remarkable mobility with 9 degrees of freedom per arm with 360-degree visualization, all through a 1.5 cm incision,” co-founder & CEO of Vicarious Surgical Adam Sachs said."

"The surgical robot's arms sport 9 degrees of freedom (9DoF), letting them effectively move anywhere within the abdomen. It can also capture 360 video, giving surgeons a fully immersive and up-close view of whatever they're working on.  "Legacy surgical robots force surgeons to stare at a screen or peer into a microscope ... resulting in a disorienting and limited perspective," Vicarious Surgical CEO and Cofounder Adam Sachs said in an interview with Freethink. "Our system uses a head-mounted display to create a real and complete immersive view into the patient's abdomen.""

Source: Vicarius, Road to VR