Industrial robot technology in new Angio OR
The hybrid Angio Suite and Operating Room at the Interventional Centre has been upgraded with the latest genereation of angio systems from SIEMENS. The new system called Artis Zeego is the new name
of the Siemens system family for interventional radiology, neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery and
cardiology. The systems is floor-mounted, and has multi-functional configuration, involving a robotic C-arm based on an industrial robot.
Several clinical specialties at Rikshospitalet has used the new Angio Suite opened in January 2008 and has already been used by many medical specialties including pediatric cardiology, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, neuro radiology, neuro surgery.
The image shows a neurosurgical procedure where image support is from the new angio system combined with a neurosurgical microsope.
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