da Vinci Surgical System coming to Phoebe

Press release from the issuing company

Friday, April 16th, 2010

At Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital's most recent board meeting Wednesday, approval was given for the purchase of a new surgical system.  The da Vinci Surgical System is a robotics platform designed to enable surgery using a minimally invasive approach. The computerized system is designed to scale, filter and translate a surgeon's actions into more precise movements with the doctor operating the machinery away from the patient. (read more at albanyherlad.com)