When even the most highly trained surgeons perform procedures on the retina-one of the smallest, most delicate parts of the human body-the stakes are high.
University of UtahFeb 21 2025 Surgeons must account for patients' breathing, snoring, and eye movements, along with their own involuntary hand tremors, while they work on a layer of cells less than a millimeter thick.
While still in the testing stages, the device aims to improve outcomes for patients and support cutting-edge procedures, including the delivery of gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases. Treatments for vision disorders are rapidly advancing. We need to give surgeons better ability to keep up with them." The first gene therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an inherited retinal disease, for example, requires an injection into the space between the retina and another layer of cells known as the retinal pigment epithelium.
These results demonstrate the robot has the potential to improve patient care, according to co-author Eileen Hwang, a Moran Eye Center retinal surgeon.
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