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da Vinci: the surgeon controls the instruments

Консоль хірурга системи da Vinci на Cambridge Science Festival 2015; оператор керує інструментами, система не є автономним лікарем / da Vinci surgeon console at Cambridge Science Festival 2015; an operator controls the instruments. Credit: Cmglee; CC BY-SA 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=39437443

Документальне фото роботизованої хірургічної установки; загальний контекст, не свідчення операції між містами / Documentary photograph of a robotic surgical system; general context, not evidence of surgery between cities. Credit: Nimur at English Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=3158337

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Консоль хірурга системи da Vinci на Cambridge Science Festival 2015; оператор керує інструментами, система не є автономним лікарем / da Vinci surgeon console at Cambridge Science Festival 2015; an operator controls the instruments. Credit: Cmglee; CC BY-SA 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=39437443

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In a da Vinci system, a surgeon works at a console and controls instruments beside the patient through computer-mediated motion. Robotic manipulators do not mean the system independently decides where or what to operate on: the human remains the operator. Separation between the surgeon’s hands and the instruments does not by itself establish routine surgery between cities. Intuitive states that remote telesurgery is not a focus of its product design. Suitability and outcomes depend on the procedure, team training and conditions of use.