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Motion · S6M-03479 · 4 Mar 2022

Improving Robotic Cancer Surgeries

Lodged by Gordon MacDonald Standard Motion 28 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament appreciates that researchers from the National Robotarium, a partnership between Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, industry partners, and Edinburgh-based clinicians, are creating a new robot-assisted surgery technique to help to improve cancer surgical outcomes and patient care; notes that the method has been awarded £1.25 million and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; understands that it will be used during robotic surgery to help to decide how much of the patient’s tissue is affected by cancer and should be removed, and that it will provide surgeons with real-time feedback, which it understands, will allow for greater precision when differentiating normal from abnormal tissue; further understands that the project will use the manufacturing-related facilities at the National Robotarium, which is based at Heriot-Watt University, including laser precision manufacturing equipment and related instrumentation, coupled with expertise in miniature mechanical actuators, and commends the staff who have pioneered this research.  

Supporters (28)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.