Medical Robots Bring Docs To Patients

At Ocean Beach Hospital in Ilwaco, Wash., when arriving patients show signs of a stroke, a key member of their medical team is ... a tall flat-panel screen. Actually, the screen is attached atop a 6-foot device, a robot that functions mostly as a mobile videoconferencing system. Telemedicine is moving into the telepresence-robot era, with devices that roll on wheels and are controlled remotely, so hospitals can contact stroke, or other,

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