Future of Engineering

If you're a fan of german engineering in your car, chances are you'll love it that hospitals are trying to cross-pollinate health care with technologies that have roots in the automotive and aerospace industries. The hope is that, with a medical twist, high-tech navigation systems, pattern recognition software and top-of-the-line robots can revolutionize the treatment of everything from irregular heartbeats to lung cancer. St. Luke's episcopal hospital says it is the first in the world to treat stroke patients with the help of a robotic arm that has its origins in systems created by munich-based siemens ag for precision welding on the assembly lines of BMW and Mercedes-benz.

The medical robot, dubbed Artis Zeego and manufactured by Siemens Medical Solutions, is coupled with a CT Scanner and X-ray. It can tilt, turn and spin at virtually infinite angles, capturing detailed images that track blood flow.

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Keywords: Aneurysms, Triangulation, Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Arrhythmia, Artis Zeego, Brain Scanner, BMW Assembly Line

Labels: Automation, Bio-engineering