Hagan 1
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
(Year in which Surgical System was developed)
Laura Hagan
Hagan 2
LAS432-62834
Professor Truitt
11/09/2016
The Historical Timeline of Robotic Surgery
Robotic surgery is an emergent technology that is becoming not only more common but
also more essential. This new wave of the use of robotic surgery is a result of a long process of
improvement and innovation. There are multiple predecessors to the most often used robotic
surgery technique called the da Vinci surgical system. The most important predecessors that lead
to the da Vinci surgical system date back to the year 1985. Through the past thirty-one years
there have been dramatic changes within the field of robotic surgery in order to improve the
