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Entrepreneurial Challenge
This activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), introduces students to how to create a video pitch to sell a remote surgery system.
It is intended that students will be able to:
• consider what is required to make equipment work successfully remotely worldwide
• investigate and understand the technology that is required for remote surgery
Faratron medical Institute are interested in Caduceus Medical Systems supplying them with a remote surgery system. The system provided by Caduceus comprises of a surgeon interface, a communications link and a patient interface. Technical issues regarding the system have to be addressed.
Students investigate and provide answers for the technical questions before the company agree to purchase the system. The activity is supported entrepreneurial challenge worksheet.
Related activities can be found in the Remote Operations sub-collection.
This activity is supported by the video Robotic Surgery and the video Remote Medicine.
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