Robo doc

[renuka]

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I hope sometime soon or in the near future some scientist invents the Robo Doc.

A Doctor can program the Robo Doc to handle cases or may be the doctor can sit behind a glass screen where the doctor can see the patient but the patient cant see the doctor and the doctors operates the Robo Doc from a distance to deal with the patients.

The voice of the Robo Doc should be distinctively male without any emotions and purely mechanical so that patient will stick to the topic and only ask relevant questions..Robo Doc should also be like a cross examining attorney and should be programmed to say "That is irrelevant to the situation..Objection!..proceed to next question"..so that patient wont waste a doctors time by talking cock.

Robo Doc should be equipped with heart rate sensor and a lie detector so that it can pick up patients who are lying and say 'elevated heart rate detected..elevated respiratory rate detected..consistent with irregularity in speech..LIAR LIAR ALERT ALERT"

It would be heaven to be able to run such a clinic.

I wish I could invent such a Robo Doc..hope some techno geek reads what I wrote and invents a Robo Doc!

 

[vgane]

Dear Madam,

I am not only visualizing such a clinic...There will be free availability of various parts of the body such as kidney, heart, lungs etc..They are available in plenty as they are artificially developed but can carry out the respective functions..All surgeries are laparoscopic and robot assisted..They are done with clinical precision

Life expectancy will cross then 200 years!

How is that?

 

[renuka]

Dear Madam,

I am not only visualizing such a clinic...There will be free availability of various parts of the body such as kidney, heart, lungs etc..They are available in plenty as they are artificially developed but can carry out the respective functions..All surgeries are laparoscopic and robot assisted..They are done with clinical precision

Life expectancy will cross then 200 years!

How is that?

Dear Sir,

Life expectancy to cross 200 years??LOL

No way man..do you know how hard it is dealing with even 60 year olds? They expect you to actually spend all time talking to them totally oblivious that other patients are also waiting!

So imagine if they reach 200 years?? I cant imagine...they would never want to leave the room!LOL

BTW Robo Doc should be able to do hypnosis so that patients think they have become well and they will get well faster.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Doctor Mam,

We have no guarantee that the Robo Doctor who attends to human patients will not fall sick ( due to malfunction, manufacturing defect, wear and tear, etc} and becomes a Robo patient???

We have enough Hospitals in Chennai and do you want a specialty Hospital dedicated to Robo patients???
I think a Robo Doctor will be more comfortable with a Robo patient!

What will be the fate of patient if there is power cut and there is failure of back up facility??

 

[biswa]

Robo doc is going to be a reality very soon. If we can have self-driving car, why not robo doc?

 

[renuka]

Doctor Mam,

We have no guarantee that the Robo Doctor who attends to human patients will not fall sick ( due to malfunction, manufacturing defect, wear and tear, etc} and becomes a Robo patient???

We have enough Hospitals in Chennai and do you want a specialty Hospital dedicated to Robo patients???
I think a Robo Doctor will be more comfortable with a Robo patient!

What will be the fate of patient if there is power cut and there is failure of back up facility??

Dear sir,

All that will have to be taken into account and have back up Robos and also a stable electric supply and also built in battery that can last for at least 24 hours.

Robos will be given time off and break time to "rest".

Tech support department will look into the well being of Robo Doc.

This idea came up to me yesterday after I had to ask a patient the same question 5 times before she gave an answer becos she was distracted by her smart phone!

If it was Robo Doc and if there is no response when questions are asked he would say "No response noted from questions asked....patient not responding..send to Morgue..send to Morgue..Robo Out"

I am sure patient will jump and answer!LOL

 

[V.Balasubramani]

This idea came up to me yesterday after I had to ask a patient the same question 5 times before she gave an answer becos she was distracted by her smart phone!

Mam,

You are right. There are patients who pay more attention to attending phone calls as though it is more important.

One can understand the plight of Doctors who deal with such patients by exercising more tolerance.

There is yet another case. While the Doctor is seriously asking questions, the patient will have his/her mind on something else, leaving the Doctor to struggle in getting appropriate answer to his every question.

While one get into the road, he forgets everything happening around him and is overtaken by the thoughts, unlimited thoughts! They don’t switch on the indicators, and don’t wait for others to pass and do commit all traffic offences and later when caught,they feel sorry for the way they behaved.

It happens in schools too with teacher seriously teaching a lesson, and the student’s mind wandering in a wonder land with colorful dreams.

I think if fees are charged according to the time consumed per patient, this will have more desirable effect. This system is recommended only for patients who are prone to fall prey to wandering thoughts without being seriously attentive and alert when dealing with professionals for whom time is highly precious.

 

[prasad1]

Star-Trek Inspired Medical Scanner Scans Your Body For Diseases Instantly [Video]
[video=youtube;IHd9bYGJtoI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IHd9bYGJtoI[/video]

If you are a Stra Trek fan then you would know about Dr. Leonard McCoy who was the renowned chief medical officer of the Starship Enterprise. The only thing McCoy is better known for other than his “I’m a doctor, not a…” catchphrases, is his use of the most technological advanced medical tools such as the Tricordor scanner.

The Tricordor scanner was capable of checking any patient for any medical illness instantly. And now Scientists have developed a new way to create electromagnetic Terahertz (THz) waves or T-rays – the technology behind full-body security scanners. The waves are also capable of detecting biological phenomena such as increased blood flow around tumorous growths, but current techniques are pricey and low power.

 

[prasad1]

Robots let Ariz. Mayo Clinic doctors treat remotely
by PHIL VILLARREAL - Oct. 1, 2012 03:59 PM
Arizona Daily Star
Starting in October, Phoenix-based neurology specialist Dr. Bart Demaerschalk will be able to roam the halls of Casa Grande Regional Medical Center, look into the eyes of stroke patients, diagnose conditions and consult with colleagues.


And he'll do it all from Phoenix using a joystick-like tool while looking at his computer monitor. His patients will be looking right back at him.


"I use a joystick device," he said. "It's much like a video game. It allows me to drive the robot in another environment."


Demaerschalk is medical director of the Mayo Clinic's telestroke system, which consists of a mobile robot doctors can control, adjust and speak through. ER doctors in Casa Grande will be able to contact the Mayo Clinic staff on a telestroke hotline.


The hospital, at 1800 E. Florence Blvd., in Casa Grande, is 43 miles from Marana.


Using telestroke, doctors can travel with other members of the health-care team throughout the hospital, moving from room to room and through elevators.


The Mayo Clinic developed the technology to care for stroke patients in rural settings. Demaerschalk said stroke neurologists and doctors working at the remote sites have used telestroke together to diagnose strokes with 96 percent accuracy in 1,000 cases.


The Casa Grande hospital is one of 11 in the network. The Mayo Clinic started the program in 2005.


The technology is already in hospitals in Bisbee, Cottonwood, Flagstaff, Globe, Kingman, Parker, Phoenix, Show Low, Yuma and Phoenix, as well as St. Joseph, Mo.


In addition to seeing patients himself, Demaerschalk and six other doctors in a rotation will have access to patients' brain scans to look for damage from blocked arteries or hemorrhages.
Robots let Ariz. Mayo Clinic doctors treat remotely

The advances in medical science is in keeping with the Science fictions.

 

[prasad1]

Robotic surgery, computer-assisted surgery, and robotically-assisted surgery are terms for technological developments that use robotic systems to aid in surgical procedures. Robotically-assisted surgery was developed to overcome the limitations of minimally-invasive surgery and to enhance the capabilities of surgeons performing open surgery.


In the case of robotically-assisted minimally-invasive surgery, instead of directly moving the instruments, the surgeon uses one of five methods to control the instruments; either a direct telemanipulator or through computer control. A telemanipulator is a remote manipulator that allows the surgeon to perform the normal movements associated with the surgery whilst the robotic arms carry out those movements using end-effectors and manipulators to perform the actual surgery on the patient. In computer-controlled systems the surgeon uses a computer to control the robotic arms and its end-effectors, though these systems can also still use telemanipulators for their input. One advantage of using the computerised method is that the surgeon does not have to be present, but can be anywhere in the world, leading to the possibility for remote surgery.


In the case of enhanced open surgery, autonomous instruments (in familiar configurations) replace traditional steel tools, performing certain actions (such as rib spreading) with much smoother, feedback-controlled motions than could be achieved by a human hand. The main object of such smart instruments is to reduce or eliminate the tissue trauma traditionally associated with open surgery without requiring more than a few minutes' training on the part of surgeons. This approach seeks to improve open surgeries, particularly cardio-thoracic, that have so far not benefited from minimally-invasive techniques.
Robotic surgery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia