IEEE Invited Talk -- Safety Issues in Robotic Surgery

[Qing....@csiro.au]

Hi all,

 

You are kindly invited for the talk by Professor Caroline Cao (http://www.cecs.wright.edu/node/432) on "Safety Issues in Robotic Surgery" on Friday 2nd August 2013 at 13:30 pm. (see an invitation flyer attached)

Please RSVP to Dr Cedric Dumas, cedric...@csiro.au.

  

Abstract

In response to the recent increased media attention on safety issues in robotic surgery, and on lawsuits concerning Intuitive Surgical, the US Department of Food and Drug Administration is charged with the task of evaluating the safety of robotic technology for routine and complex surgical procedures. The objective, presumably, will be to determine if equipment failures and patient complications associated with robot-assisted surgery are similar to other traditional surgical techniques. However, the data available to the FDA are limited to those provided by a small percentage of users (hospitals and clinicians) who are typically dis-incentivised to report errors and near-misses. Analysis based on the limited data yields inaccurate results that are not meaningful. Policy changes or remediation strategies based on inaccurate results may adversely affect patient safety and healthcare delivery practices. This talk will discuss some of the human factors issues related to human-robot interaction in complex environments.

Speaker Biosketch

Caroline G. L. Cao received a Ph.D. in mechanical & industrial engineering from the University of Toronto in 2002.  She is currently Professor of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, Mechanical and Material Engineering, and Surgery at Wright State University.  She also carries the title of Ohio Research Scholar with the Ohio Imaging Research and Innovation Network (OIRAIN). Her research is in the area of human factors of medical systems, including the design and evaluation of enabling technology (e.g., robotics, image guidance, haptics) for minimally invasive surgery, training of surgical skills in training simulators, and decision-making and team communication in the operating room. Dr. Cao is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Career Award.  She was a visiting professor at the Ecole des Mines de Nantes, and a visiting researcher in the Robotics Team and the PsyCoTec Team at the IRCCyN (Institut de Recherche en Communications et en Cybernetique de Nantes), with a Chaires Regionales de Chercheurs Etrangers award from the Research Council of la Region des Pays de la Loire in 2009-2011. She is currently a visiting professor at the AEHRC, CSIRO.

Location : UQ CCR Auditorium, RBWH, Herston, Brisbane

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We hope to see you all at the event.

Regards,

Qing

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Dr Qing Zhang

IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology (EMBS) Chapter, QLD