Robot used in Lakeway hospital enables patient-friendly brain surgery
The diminutive robot that had its launch run in the Lakeway facility of Baylor Scott & White Health last August looks like a crinkled soda can guarded by protective casing when not in use.
It sits atop a little platform and is connected to a computer to form an apparatus that can be wheeled around.
When in use, however, it is a game-changer. This is according to Dr. Mark Burnett, a neurosurgeon with NeuroTexas, who uses the device primarily for surgery on patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
The robot, called the Renaissance by Mazor Robotics, a company now owned by Medtronic, is the only one of its kind being used in Texas.
