Robotics in 2025
Disruptive technologies
According to information week, Health Care will be “one of
the largest markets for robots in 2025” (Onat, 2013). “We
estimated the potential economic impact of robotic surgery and robotic
prosthetics to be as much as $800 billion to $2.6 trillion annually by 2025,
based on saving lives and improving quality of life.” (Disruptive technologies, p.68). Robots can be
implemented in surgery, nursing, and micro-robot.
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Surgery
“The space program uses technology that’s far more advanced,” said Seymour, chief of General Surgery at Baystate Medical Center. “So it’s not difficult to envision a much more capable robotics system that offers a visualization and precision capacity that would be hard to believe today. We’ll almost certainly see a progression from the current generation of robotics to the next.” (Bednar, 2009).
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In future, robotic technology will take major part in surgeries. “Surgical robots improve the accuracy of procedures and thus reduce the complication rates in surgeries. Apart from being accurate, robotic procedures also offer significant cost savings in terms of pre- and post-operation care costs and length of stay at hospitals.”(Colin, 2014). The size of robotic surgery will be smaller compare to surgery robot today. “Current surgery robots can be very large for an operating room and very expensive for hospital budgets. Designing small surgery robots conceived for specific purposes would solve the problems of cost and size.” (Onat, 2013).
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Nursing
Robotic technology also taking important part. "If
you're a doctor and have to manage 10 different nursing homes ... the robot can
go in, and the doctor can control his movement and direction." (Onat, 2013).
Research has shown that “by 2030, people over age 60 will comprise 25% of the U.S. population” (Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Aging Report, 2005). "Robot companionship, which may play an increasing role in elderly care as traditions give way to modern takes on who watches over the older generation.”(GE Look ahead,2014) The robot has a small body, with a display "face" for interacting with humans. It can recognize and interact with people, as well as help them with medication dispensing and walking.
Research has shown that “by 2030, people over age 60 will comprise 25% of the U.S. population” (Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Aging Report, 2005). "Robot companionship, which may play an increasing role in elderly care as traditions give way to modern takes on who watches over the older generation.”(GE Look ahead,2014) The robot has a small body, with a display "face" for interacting with humans. It can recognize and interact with people, as well as help them with medication dispensing and walking.
Micro-Robot
Micro-robot can be implemented in many ways. It can be use as a capsule with vaccine instead instead of inject it by syringe. “The use of micro-robots for delivering drugs into specific areas of the body offers the possibility of targeting the regions with cancerous cells only, instead of spreading the drug all over the body.”(Onat, 2013)
One use of Micro-Robot is proposed by the researchers at University. "Chonnam National University in South Korea in this patent application (US Patent App No: US 20110184388) is the use of bacteria as motors. The micro-robot is made of two parts: The bacteria used as a motor, A microstructure carrying the drug-injecting mechanism. The bacteria move the micro-robot to the cancerous region, after which the microstructure can treat the disease by spraying the drug.” (Suk Ho,2011).
The other use of micro-robot is it can be use in Endoscopy. Micro-Robot with camera take a picture of patient digestive System. One of the advantage of Capsule endoscopy is that it "provides your doctor with images of your digestive system that cannot be captured with conventional X-rays." (American Gastroenterlogical Association, 2008).
Mostly it used to investigate in :
One use of Micro-Robot is proposed by the researchers at University. "Chonnam National University in South Korea in this patent application (US Patent App No: US 20110184388) is the use of bacteria as motors. The micro-robot is made of two parts: The bacteria used as a motor, A microstructure carrying the drug-injecting mechanism. The bacteria move the micro-robot to the cancerous region, after which the microstructure can treat the disease by spraying the drug.” (Suk Ho,2011).
The other use of micro-robot is it can be use in Endoscopy. Micro-Robot with camera take a picture of patient digestive System. One of the advantage of Capsule endoscopy is that it "provides your doctor with images of your digestive system that cannot be captured with conventional X-rays." (American Gastroenterlogical Association, 2008).
Mostly it used to investigate in :
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Diarrhea
- Polyps
- Anemia and bleeding
- Bowel function
- Malabsorption
- Abdominal pain
- Tumors and some cancers
- Celiac sprue
- Crohn’s disease