Project History and Background Materials
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Think Surgical, Inc. (Fremont, California)
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- Records of Think Surgical, Inc.
- Date
- 1985 - 2003
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.1378, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- This series consists of background materials and the history of the project primarily through correspondence. Integrated Surgical Systems (ISS) , Inc., of Sacramento California was established in XXXX to develop computer-based, image-driven, surgical robotics systems. The company integrates sophisticated imaging and robotics technologies into precision application-oriented tools for exacting surgical procedures. The company grew out of by Dr. Howard A. "Hap" Paul (1949-1993) and orthopaedic surgeon Dr. William Bargar (XXXX) collaboration with IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center and the University of California, Davis. In 1990, Robodoc™ Surgical Assistant System was successfully used by Dr. Paul to perform the world's first robotic-assisted total hip replacement surgery on a dog. ISS began a limited feasibility study of Robodoc™, authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for human surgery from 1992-1993 at Sutter General Hospital. The Robodoc™ System consists of two integrated components which comprise the single turnkey system, the Orthodo™c preoperative planning workstation and Robodoc™, the computer controlled surgical robot.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510335798-1503510335806-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0