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Second key step for eye robot trial

Clinical Trials Research

A robot has been used to inject a drug into the back of the eye in a world first for the next phase of a landmark clinical trial at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.

Injecting the back of an eye with a robot

Prof Robert MacLaren used the remotely controlled robot to administer a tiny volume of blood dissolving agent tPA under the retina to treat a haemorrhage, an accumulation of blood in the eye that causes vision loss. 

It was also the first time that robot-assisted eye surgery was performed under local anaesthesia.

Read more (Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust website)

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