Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “In medical terms, surgery refers to curing an illness by cutt ing, incising, or manipulating the skin, mucous membranes, or other tissues by u sing medical devices. In particular, open surgery, which involves cutting open t he skin at the surgical site and treating, shaping, or removing the organs insid e, causes problems such as bleeding, side effects, patient pain, and scarring. T herefore, surgery using a robot or surgery performed by forming a certain hole i n the skin and inserting only a medical device, such as a laparoscope, a surgica l instrument, or a microsurgical microscope, has recently attracted attention as an alternative.
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