Simulated Eye Microsurgery

In 1997, the Robot-Assisted Microsurgery (RAMS) was tested in collaboration with researchers at the USC Doheny Eye Institute. Tests were also performed on a RAMS prototype system by neurosurgeons at the Manhattan VA Medical Center and by hand surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Two prototypes of the RAMS system were configured into a dual-arm telerobotic microsurgery workstation. The dual-arm configuration was used to demonstrate microsurgery suturing. Detail design documentation of the RAMS system was also produced for transfer to MicroDexterity Systems (MDS).