Medical Robot Timeline

Apr 1, 1985

Medical robots

First reported use of robotics for brain biopsy.
Apr 1, 1991

Medical robots

First use of robotics to remove a significant amount of tissue from a patients prostate
Nov 1, 1992

Medical Robots

First robodoc use on humans
Nov 1, 1993

Medical Robots

Aesop FDA clearance
Aug 1, 1998

Medical Robots

Robodoc FDA clearance
Jan 1, 1999

Medical Robots

da Vinci launched by intuitive
Jan 1, 2000

Medical Robots

da Vinci FDA clearance
Jun 1, 2001

Medical Robots

First use of collaborative robotics to remove bone from a patient
Jan 1, 2003

Medical Robots

Computer motion and intuitive merge
Jan 1, 2005

Medical Robots

TGS(Rio) FDA clearance
May 1, 2007

Medical Robots

Sensel FDA clearance

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