Virtuoso Surgical
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How a graduate school “midlife crisis” inspired a breakthrough surgical device
By Lucas Johnson When Robert J. Webster III was working on an engineering project for his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, he was struck with an unnerving thought: The technology he was helping create seemed interesting, but it wouldn’t reach patients for at least 20 years. “And that’s only… Read MoreFeb. 28, 2023
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Vanderbilt researchers’ surgical robots could make radical prostatectomy safer, less invasive
By Lucas Johnson When Robert J. Webster III was working on an engineering project for his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, he was struck with an unnerving thought: The technology he was helping create seemed interesting, but it wouldn’t reach patients for at least 20 years. “And that’s only… Read MoreFeb. 10, 2021