Robotic Assistance: Orthopedic Tech Advances for Today and Tomorrow

Robotic technologies are already becoming part of joint replacement operations in many hospitals, but the need for research groups to come up with both small and large innovations remains great, according to Harpal “Paul” Khanuja, M.D., chief of joint replacement surgery for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ( Figure 1 ), and Daniel Wiznia, M.D., an assistant professor of both mechanical engineering and materials science in the Yale University School of Engineering, and the director of technology and innovation in the Yale Department of Orthopedics ( Figure 2 ).