Computer assisted surgery, a synonym for new techniques being
pursued in clinical practice News about a unique system
“modiCAS®” from the University of Siegen, Germany Surgical
interventions are not radically altered by computer assistance
but the quality and quantity of diagnostic information is
continuously increasing leading to more transparency for
patients. Therefore there is an increased demand on surgeons to
improve the quality of therapeutic methods, operate with high
precision and excellent reproducibility and document their work.
To support the surgeon in this challenge a research team from
the Centre for Sensor Systems at the University of Siegen,
Germany has designed a system for complete technical assistance
in surgical procedures. Now ready for clinical applications the
team lead by Dr Wahrburg set itself high goals. They wanted a
highly modular computer- and robot based system that could be
adapted for universal application; capable of supporting the
surgeon at all the steps of a surgical inter