Robotic Drill Enters Brains Faster

May-02-17 An innovative, automotive-inspired robotic drill could offer surgeons a hand during brain surgery.

Typically, surgeons must use hand-held drills to create careful openings in the skull for access to the brain. The robotic drill, from a team at the University of Utah, can significantly reduce operation times as well as the risk of infection.

The drill, inspired by automatic drills that build machine parts for cars, uses specialized software and bone data from a CT scan to determine the areas of the skull to avoid during cutting. That data can then be used by the surgeons to direct the drill along the safest path, where it will also remove most of the bone in the process.

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