Surgical robots are impossible to clean, all machines contaminated
‘The establishment medical industry says that the ‘next big thing’ in their industry is the introduction of robots to conduct some surgical procedures. But a new study from Tokyo and New York has found that these devices have some major drawbacks with sterility.
Researchers have discovered that surgical robots cannot be satisfactorily cleaned – an ominous finding, considering that machines are becoming more and more common in operating rooms, including one New York hospital that recently acquired one to perform vaginal procedures, the UK’s Daily Mail reported.
The study’s findings reveal that it is absolutely impossible to clean robotic devices thoroughly, meaning there is also no way to avoid the risk of a post-operative infection using a robotic surgical device.’
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