[stitifier @ Jun 27th 2007 10:52PM]

Even as a non-surgical doctor, it's readily apparent to me how useful this technology would be. Anybody who's attempted to even simulate MIS understands how difficult it can be to judge spatial relationships onscreen or know when too much force is being applied to an object (like, say, intestines). That's mostly because MIS requires surgeons to think about 3 dimensional space using a 2 dimensional screen. Tactile feedback would give information relating to that 3rd dimension and would undoubtedly improve outcomes and would probably even improve surgery times (which goes to outcome). All we need now is for a 3 dimensional camera to be developed and we're all set.