New Stereotactic Neurological Surgery Robot

A new surgical robot recently released by Medtech, a company headquartered in Montpellier, France, is intended for needle-based intracranial procedures like biopsies, epilepsy surgeries, and tumor resections.

According to the company’s product brochure, ROSA™ is the first multi-application robotic assistant for neurosurgery offering:

Intuitive and powerful planning capabilities
Surgeon oriented ergonomics
Precise and dexterous instrument guidance
Haptic collaboration with surgeon.

ROSA™ features cutting-edge proprietary technologies including Free-Hand Navigation®, complex instrument manipulation and the innovative Markerless Automatic Registration®.

ROSA™ assists surgeons in a broad range of indications such as Parkinson and Epilepsy treatments, tumor surgery and endoscopy procedures. The main benefits of using ROSA™ are:

Streamlined treatment delivery
Shorter operating time
Reduced invasiveness for the patient
Consistent surgical outcomes
Traceability of interventions.

Video ROSA 2011 Stereotactic Surgery [1] by medtechsurgical [2]