{"id":230707,"date":"2026-02-06T13:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/a-new-robotic-system-could-perform-delicate-eye-surgery"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:10:35","slug":"a-new-robotic-system-could-perform-delicate-eye-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/a-new-robotic-system-could-perform-delicate-eye-surgery","title":{"rendered":"A new robotic system could perform delicate eye surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-new-robotic-system-could-perform-delicate-eye-surgery3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is a severe disease that occurs when a vein in the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye (i.e., the retina) becomes blocked, which results in a loss of vision. There are currently a few medical interventions that address RVO, including the periodic injection of medications that block the abnormal growth of blood vessels or of steroids, which reduce swelling and inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>A promising procedure for the treatment of RVO is retinal vein cannulation (RVC). This is a very delicate surgical intervention that requires surgeons to insert a tiny needle into the blocked vein with high precision, delivering clot-dissolving drugs or medications that control the abnormal growth of blood vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Given that retinal veins targeted for cannulation are similar in thickness to a human hair, manually inserting a needle inside them with high precision is very challenging. Robots could potentially assist surgeons in performing RVO procedures, ensuring that needles are inserted correctly and without damaging the patients\u2019 retina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is a severe disease that occurs when a vein in the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye (i.e., the retina) becomes blocked, which results in a loss of vision. There are currently a few medical interventions that address RVO, including the periodic injection of medications that block the abnormal [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}