News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Minimally-invasive surgery (MIS), such as laparoscopic sur gery, involves techniques intended to reducetissue damage during a surgical pro cedure. For example, laparoscopic procedures typically involve creatinga number of small incisions in the patient (e.g., in the abdomen), and introducing one o r more surgicaltools (e.g., end effectors and endoscope) through the incisions into the patient. The surgical proceduresmay then be performed using the introd uced surgical tools, with the visualization aid provided by theendoscope.
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