Minimally Invasive Robotics

What is a da Vinci surgical system?

Surgeon Console

Your surgeon sits at the console, controlling the instruments while viewing your anatomy in high-definition 3D.

Patient Cart

Positioned alongside the bed, the patient cart holds the camera and instruments that the surgeon controls from the console.

Vision Cart

The vision cart makes communication between components possible and supports the 3D high-definition vision system.

Types of surgery

In the past, surgeons made large incisions in skin and muscle so that they could directly see and work on the area of concern. This is called open surgery. Today doctors still perform open surgery, but can also perform many procedures in the abdomen and on the digestive tract, often using minimally invasive laparoscopic or robotic-assisted surgery, possibly with da Vinci technology.

Both minimally invasive approaches only require one or a few small incisions that doctors use to insert surgical equipment and a camera for viewing. In laparoscopic surgery, doctors use special long-handled tools to perform surgery while viewing magnified images from the laparoscope (camera) on a video screen. 

Some of the other benefits include the following:

• Less pain from the procedure
• Smaller incisions
• Quicker recovery time
• Shorter hospital stay
• Reduced blood loss
• Lower risk of infection
• Less scarring

Advanced Da Vinci Technology for General Surgeons

Surgeon-controlled

Highly magnified 3DHD  vision and true depth perception that allows surgeons to see tissue planes clearly, identify structures and stay oriented in anatomy.

Firefly fluorescence imaging

Assessment of tissue perfusion and location of vasculature

Value of Da Vinci Systems in Cholecystectomy

Triangle of Calot dissection

Triangulated instrumentation and stable camera provide:

• Consistent view of surgical field
• Facilitate skeletonization of the cystic artery and duct
• Ds section of Calots triangle

Critical view of safety* identification

High-definition 3D vision with up to 10X magnification:

• Provides dear visualization of cystic artery and duct
• Enables surgeon's ability to provide precise, lateral counter traction on the infundibulum

Biliary duct visualization

Firefly fluorescence imaging can be used to identify:

• Common duct.
• Common hepatic duct
• Cystic duct

Offering confidence in identification of normal and abnormal biliary anatomy

Cystic artery and duct ligation and division

Tremor-free clip ampler facilitates:
Ligation subsequent division of the cystic artery and duct