- NEW DELHI, APRIL
28 (IANS) — Amid significant medical breakthroughs being achieved by robots,
billionaire Elon Musk on Monday said they have the potential to surpass the
best human surgeons within five years.
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- The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said that his brain-computer
interface company Neuralink depended on robots for the brain-computer electrode
insertion as the task was impossible to achieve with humans.
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- “Robots will surpass good human surgeons within a few
years and the best human surgeons within five years,” Musk shared in a post on
the social media platform X.
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- “Neuralink had to use a robot for the brain-computer
electrode insertion, as it was impossible for a human to achieve the required
speed and precision,” he added.
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- The post came in response to another post by influencer
Mario Nawfal who highlighted a recent breakthrough of robotics in medicine by
the US-based medical device company Medtronic.
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- Nawfal said that Medtronic successfully deployed its Hugo
robotic system in "137 real surgeries -- fixing prostates, kidneys, and
bladders”.
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- The surgery results were "better than doctors
expected” and saw “a success rate of over 98 per cent’.
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- The complication rates were also significantly low for
prostate surgeries (3.7 per cent), kidney surgeries (1.9 per cent), and bladder
surgeries (17.9 per cent).
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- Of the 137 surgeries, only two needed to switch back to
regular surgery -- one because of a robot glitch, and one because of a tricky
patient case,
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- Nawfal said.
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- Meanwhile, Musk’s Neuralink is currently engaged in a
clinical trial of its brain-computer interface technology. The company aims to
create brain-controlled devices for people with paralysis or neurodegenerative
diseases.
