Lynn Wyllie, vice president of peri-operative services at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler, Texas [Photo: CHRISTUS]
The da Vinci 5 surgical system from Sunnyvale, California-based Intuitive Surgical can translate a surgeon's hand movements into smaller, more precise movements using tiny instruments, while its "immersive vision system" virtually extends the surgeon's eyes and hands throughout the minimally invasive surgery.