UK develops world's first micro-intelligent inner ear drill
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Last Update: 2020-07-08
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Source: Internet
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the world's first miniature intelligent drilling machine has recently been successfully developedBirmingham, England,can be used for cochlear(
the inner ear of the hearing receptor) transplantthe micro-intelligent drilling machine, developed
by Peter Brett of Aston University in the UK,a real intelligent machine that does not need programming or manipulation by a human computer, according toby the Alpha Galileo science news website, sponsored by the British Association for the Advancement of ScienceIt drills holes less than 1 mm in diameter at the exact position of the inner ear so that the transplanted cochlea can be embeddedWhen drilling holes, it detects that its tip is close to the cartilage tissue of the inner ear, preventing drilling into the inner eardrumThe drill was successfully tested by David Pupps, an otolaryngologistat Aston UniversityHospital, who needed a cochlear implantExperts believe that this precise drilling method is not only expected to improve the hearing of patients receiving cochlear implants, but also has the potential for other surgical procedures(
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