{"id":2657,"date":"2025-10-25T15:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T08:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:09:38","slug":"the-first-surgery-performed-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/language\/en\/2025\/10\/25\/the-first-surgery-performed-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Surgery Performed in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"405\">The robot, named <strong data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"94\">SpaceMIRA<\/strong>, took part in an experimental simulated surgery developed by the medical technology company <strong data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"213\">Virtual Incision (VIC)<\/strong> in collaboration with the <strong data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"266\">University of Nebraska<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"270\" \/>The robot was delivered to the <strong data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"338\">International Space Station (ISS)<\/strong> aboard a SpaceX rocket piloted by NASA astronaut <strong data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"404\">Loral O&#8217;Hara<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"688\">The experiment was carried out on <strong data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"462\">February 14, 2024<\/strong>, controlled remotely from Virtual Incision\u2019s headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska.<br data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"545\" \/>The procedure lasted about <strong data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"585\">two hours<\/strong>, with <strong data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"608\">six surgeons<\/strong> operating the robot, which was equipped with a camera and two articulated arms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"1041\">According to Virtual Incision, the surgeons tested standard surgical techniques such as grasping, manipulating, and cutting tissue.<br data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"824\" \/>The \u201ctissues\u201d were made from rubber bands.<br data-start=\"866\" data-end=\"869\" \/>In a video shared by the company, viewers can see one robotic arm gripping and stretching a rubber strand while the other arm performs a cut\u2014simulating a surgical incision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1470\">A key challenge for the team was the <strong data-start=\"1080\" data-end=\"1115\">0.85-second communication delay<\/strong> between Earth and the ISS. For comparison, a parallel control experiment was conducted alongside the device on Earth.<br data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1236\" \/>The mission is considered a significant breakthrough for both medical technology and artificial intelligence, with promising applications for emergency medical care during long-duration crewed missions\u2014such as future journeys to Mars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1472\" data-end=\"1586\">The technology may also advance <strong data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1539\">remote robotic surgery on Earth<\/strong>, benefiting isolated or hard-to-reach regions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1965\">In a statement, Virtual Incision reported that all participating surgeons and researchers viewed the experiment as a major success, noting minimal or no malfunctions.<br data-start=\"1754\" data-end=\"1757\" \/>NASA, which provided partial financial support for the project, stated that as space missions become longer, the need for emergency care will increase\u2014from simple suturing to more complex surgical procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The robot, named SpaceMIRA, took part in an experimental simulated surgery developed by the medical technology company Virtual Incision (VIC) in collaboration with the University of Nebraska.The robot was delivered&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-healthcare","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2658,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions\/2658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}