For the spacecraft operating mode, see Safe mode (spacecraft). Safe mode is a diagnostic mode of a computer operating system (OS). It can also refer to a mode of operation by application software. Safe mode is intended to help fix most, if not all problems within an operating system. It is also widely used for removing rogue security software.
Telesurgery, also called remote surgery, is performed by a surgeon at a site removed from the patient. Surgical tasks are directly performed by a robotic system controlled by the surgeon at the remote site. The word telesurgery is derived from the Greek words tele , meaning far off, and cheirourgia , meaning working by hand..
On September 7, 2001, Operation Lindbergh culminated in the first complete remote surgery on a human patient (a 68-year-old female), performed over a distance of 4300 mi (7000 km). The patient and surgical system were located in an operating room in Strasbourg, while the surgeon and remote console were situated in a high-rise building in downtown New York.