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Laparoscopic cameras and robotic hands performing coronary artery bypass surgery in place of open-heart surgery.
The AESOP and Zeus robotic surgical systems were developed by the California-based company Computer Motion, Inc.1
These systems were among the first designed for minimally invasive surgery to be tested in the late 1990s. While the Zeus system was utilized for various novel procedures, such as laparoscopic cardiac revascularization, Computer Motion was eventually purchased by Intuitive Surgical, Inc., and the Zeus system was discontinued in 2003.1