7th CIIE - Shanghai

7th CIIE - Shanghai

This photo taken on Nov. 6, 2024 shows a new generation of the small incision lenticule extraction robot from Zeiss during the 7th China International Import Expo -CIIE- in east China's Shanghai. Photo by Xinhua/Fang Zhe/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-INTERNATIONAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING EXPOSITION-OPENING (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-INTERNATIONAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING EXPOSITION-OPENING (CN)

(230901) -- SHENYANG, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors view a piece of equipment for single incision laparoscopic surgery displayed at the 21st China International Equipment Manufacturing Exposition in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 1, 2023. The expo kicked off on Friday at Shenyang International Exhibition Center. Over a thousand enterprises in intelligent manufacturing area attended the expo. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant

STORY: Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona 2. various of pictures of the surgery 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ALBERT JAUREGUI, Head of the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplants Department at Vall d'Hebron 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): XAVIER, Lung transplant patient STORYLINE: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona has carried out the world's first fully robotic lung transplant using a minimally invasive technique that does not require cutting through bone. Surgeons announced on Monday that they utilized a four-armed "Da Vinci" medical robot to make an eight-centimeter incision above the diaphragm to remove the damaged lung and insert a new one. This groundbreaking procedure avoids the traditional method of separating the ribs to open up the thorax, which was the only available option until now. The doctors also noted that i

Giraffe at Akita zoo gets artificial leg

Giraffe at Akita zoo gets artificial leg

AKITA, Japan - A nine-month-old giraffe named Taiyo, who underwent an operation to receive an artificial leg on his front right leg on May 14, looks well in his stall at Omoriyama Zoo in Akita on May 16. Doctors made a 40-centimeter-long incision in order to attach the artificial leg. The giraffe stands about 280 centimeters tall and weighs 200 kilograms.