The da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical system made by the American company Intuitive Surgical. It is designed to facilitate complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach, and is controlled by a surgeon from a console. The system is commonly used for prostatectomies, and increasingly for cardiac valve repair and gynecologic surgical procedures. According to the manufacturer, the da Vinci System is called "da Vinci" in part "because Leonardo da Vinci invented the first robot", as discovered by Mario Taddei. Da Vinci also used anatomical accuracy and three-dimensional details in his works.
Da Vinci robots operate in several thousand hospitals worldwide, with an estimated 200,000 surgeries conducted in 2012, most commonly for hysterectomies and prostate removals. By January 2013, more than 2,000 units had been sold worldwide. The current version of the robot costs on average US$2.5 million, in addition to several hundred thousand dollars of annual maintenance fees.
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