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Assistive robotic surgical systems like the da Vinci System pictured here could soon be operating on beating hearts thanks to new technology
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Stopping a heart from beating during surgery is a complicated and risky procedure. Robotic technology that predicts the movement of the heart as it beats, thereby enabling surgical tools to move in concert with each beat, could help cut the risks of such surgery by allowing surgeons to operate on a beating heart as if it were stationary.
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