Robotic Telesurgery by Remote Surgeons

Roland Piquepaille writes "In a few years, telesurgery performed by multi-armed robots remotely controlled by real surgeons located hundreds or thousands of kilometers away will become commonplace. Today, Canadian doctors from the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS) are developing the technology for NASA. Their goal is to build a portable robotic unit that would be used in space missions, war zones and remote areas within five years. So far, the experiments already done in Canada and for NASA are extremely encouraging. But read more for additional details and pictures of a real surgeon controlling such a robot."

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So how long until the AMA (American Medical Association, doctors' union) makes certain this is never used legally in America (except perhaps at wildly inflated prices), and justifies such a ban on their "noble" concern for patients?