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Brian Davies, Head of the Scientific Advisory Board of the NCCR
Co-Me and Emeritus Professor of Medical Robotics at the Imperial
College London, has been elected as new fellow of the Royal Academy of
Engineering. The fellowships of the Royal Academy of Engineering
recognise UKs most distinguished engineers and election is by
invitation only.
Professor Davies, 65, is creator of a host of medical robots. His
research focuses on robotic and computer aided surgery. He was
involved in developing PROBOT, which in 1991 became the first robot to
actively remove tissue from a patient in a clinical setting. The robot
carried out a transurethral resection of the prostate under the
direction of a surgeon, cutting back an enlarged prostate gland that
was obstructing urine flow.
In 2001, Professor Davies was involved in creating a new hands-on
robot for knee surgery, called ACROBOT, which led to the formation of
a spin-off company, the Acrobot Co Ltd. He is currently working on a
system that plans surgical procedures in 3D for fitting prosthetics,
and then judges the accuracy of each procedure by comparing the
results of surgery with the plans.
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