A surgical robot capable of reconnecting vessels with diameters as tiny as 0.3 millimeters has been tested on human patients, and the results are promising. New research published in Nature ...

The first trial of robot-assisted, high-precision supermicrosurgery in humans has shown that the technique is safe for treating breast cancer–related lymphedema. Although results are preliminary — ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Healthy You - July 2025, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication. Lymph ...

A highly precise form of reconstructive surgery, known as supermicrosurgery, seeks to connect ultra-thin blood and lymph vessels as a way of restoring them to healthy function. This requires a high ...

It’s part of the growing use of robotics for patient care. Yale New Haven Hospital has made a major breakthrough for reconstructive and lymphatic surgery patients by becoming the first in New England ...

The internet was charmed and baffled when the da Vinci Surgical System performed surgery on a grape in 2010, and since then the demand for small, precise surgical robots has only increased. Scientists ...

Next to hearing your dentist mutter “oops,” is there anything more disconcerting than hearing your surgeon say it? Perhaps not. But a new type of robot, developed by researchers at a pair of Dutch ...

PARIS – Microsure BV reported closing a $3.25 million funding round to develop its supermicrosurgery robot, Musa. This series B round was led by Dutch investment agency Invest-NL NV. The other 50% of ...