Department of Surgery

Robotic Surgery

The Technology Behind Our Robotic Surgery System

At Strong Health, we use the da Vinci Surgical System to perform robotic surgery procedures. This system consists of three main components:

The InSite™ Vision System which gives our surgeons a true minimally invasive 3-D view of the surgical field.
The Surgical Cart with the EndoWrist™ Instruments. The EndoWrist Instruments are designed to mimic the movement of the (surgeon’s) human hands, wrists, and fingers.
The Surgeon Console which contains the master controls our surgeons use to manipulate the EndoWrist Instruments.

Here are some specific features and functions of each component:

The EndoWrist Instruments reproduce the exact movements of the (surgeon’s) human hand, wrists, and fingers and extend the normal human range of motion, allowing for more precise suturing (stitching), dissection, and tissue manipulation.

Surgery team using da Vinci Surgical System The InSite™ Vision System includes dual 3-chip digital cameras that take surgery "inside" the patient. It is the only system with true 3-D vision that offers enhanced depth of field and resolution. The 3-D image is aligned over the master controls, providing natural hand-eye coordination that is inherent in open surgery.

The surgeon actually operates from the Surgeon Console, which contains both the video monitor showing the 3-D image and the master controls used to manipulate the EndoWrist instruments.