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[Daktari]

As for comparing to lap chole. the video is superior (wide view). I can't compare the 3D view because you have to be at the console to view it. But the angle is far superior to the SS DaVinci chole because the view is from above the instruments as opposed to from under the instruments with a 30 degree camera. Dexterity doesn't even compare. No T-Rex effect.
If look closely at the end of the video you see a thin tube which I think is for irrigation fluid to clean the camera.
As an aside note. I don't mean to bring up the other company (cough, cough surgibot) but they tout that the 3D view can be seen by everyone in the OR BUT only the surgeon dissects vital structures like arteries and veins and really needs the 3D view for the depth perception. Everyone else gets a very nice widescreen view as you can see...without silly 3D glasses.