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A catheter surgery

Robotic tube for surgery autonomously navigates inside a beating heart

24 April 2019

A robotic catheter can move autonomously inside a heart to the location where surgery is required. It has a camera for vision and has been tested in 5 pigs
Qi Yong of the Second People's Hospital supervises a surgery performed at Yanshan Hospital through a 4K UHD live broadcast on April 1, 2019 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China.

Doctors in China are using 5G internet to do surgery from far away

5 April 2019

5G is helping doctors in China conduct surgery from hundreds of kilometres away, such as directing cardiac operation and performing brain stimulation

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