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Toumaz Technology’s Sensium™ At Royal College of Surgeons’ “Sci-Fi Surgery: Medical Robots” Exhibition

Sensium™ Body-Worn Wireless Vital Signs Monitor Key Exhibit at Hunterian Museum Public Exhibition (8 September to 23 December 2009)

A Sensium™ ultra-small size wireless vital signs monitor is a key exhibit at the “Sci-Fi Surgery: Medical Robots” showcase being convened by the Royal College of Surgeons. The public exhibition runs from September 8th to December 23rd 2009 at the Royal College of Surgeons’ Hunterian Museum in central London.

An ultra-low power, ultra-small size Sensium-enabled “digital plaster” is being featured as one of the exhibition highlights, alongside the Probot, a robot designed to aid prostate gland surgery, Freehand, a robotic camera holder for keyhole surgery, and visionary mini-robots that are designed to crawl and swim inside the human body.

The exhibition also features some famous medical robots from the world of science fiction, from the 1920s ‘Pyschophonic Nurse’ to robots depicted in Japanese manga cartoons and anime films (plus Britain’s own 2000AD magazine), and asks whether science fiction reflects fact, or if scientists are inspired by the representation of medical robots in films, books and comics.

Speaking ahead of the show, Exhibition Curator, Sarah Pearson, said: “Since the first industrial manufacturing arms appeared in factories almost fifty years ago, robots have been designed to do jobs deemed too tedious, dangerous or precise for humans. They have been used to build micro-processors, explore space and defuse bombs. Only more recently have robots been used to tackle major medical challenges. They have been designed to increase surgeons’ dexterity and control, to support busy nursing staff, or to help doctors make diagnoses. Some of these are proven technologies, while others are still experimental, but we hope that the exhibition will show that robotic surgery is finally coming of age.”

Sensium on display

For further information about the “Sci-Fi Surgery: Medical Robots”, please visit: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/news/sci-fi-surgery-medical-robots

You can read more about the exhibition in the following press reports:
BBC News: http://bit.ly/RdENK
Wired: http://bit.ly/oHACv
The Independent: http://bit.ly/e88OQ
Silicon.com: http://bit.ly/44Xk01

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