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29 October 2008

Trends and Products: robots now surgeons

And our Trends and Products segment this week looks at a product that is at the front end of a trend revolutionising surgery.

The Da Vinci Robot is in business in the operating theatres of Australia doing what once would have been done by human hand and scalpels. Surgery is changing ... and the design world has played a major role in shifting surgery into the 21st century.


Guests

Peter Ord
CEO, Device Technologies

Producer

Janne Ryan

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