Australian first haptic technology in surgical robot with maxon DC motors
A doctors ability to treat patients without being in the same room let alone thousands of kilometres away, is no new technology. But giving surgeons a sense of touch from afar was an Australian first.
Australia’s Deakin University created ground breaking technology in 2016 with their Hero-Surg surgical robot. Giving a surgeon the ability to operate with specific precision and a sense of touch through the use of haptic technology is the ground breaking ‘first’ that Deakin created.
There are two maxon DC motors and controllers inside the Herosurg, a DC RE25 & EC-max. maxon’s Rare Earth (RE) DC motor was selected for its compact and robust operation, fitted with powerful permanent magnets and at the heart of the motor is the ironless rotor. The EC-max DC motor is robust, brushless and performs speeds up to 20,000 rpm.
The DC motors were a part of the technology where doctors could feel their way around the tissue they were working on. Primarily used for laparoscopic and keyhole surgery, the equipment meant less aggravation on healthy tissue leading to improved healing time and less time in hospital, lessening the risk of blood loss and infection. The patient’s overall healing time is accelerated too.
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