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« on: August 26, 2016, 11:20:03 PM »

Science, y'all!

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A new device could change rectal exams for the better. Designed at Imperial College London, a robotic rectum creates a more true-to-life training experience for young doctors and nurses, allowing more precise training, Science Alert reports.

Medical schools already use model butts to teach students rectal exam protocol, but this one provides a more accurate learning environment. The silicon rectum can be altered to mimic normal variations in anatomy as well as the feeling of a cancerous gland. Hooked up to a computer, the robotic butt visualizes what is happening within the rectum in a 3D model as the trainee is going through the exam.

They also noted that because these examinations are performed solely by feel, experiencing a realistic sensation is crucial, Granados said. To that end, in order to study the best trajectory and pressure a doctor should apply during an exam, Granados and his team are also going to deploy small fingertip pressure sensors that doctors can wear while examining patients, which will collect data about how experienced practitioners do their work.

The robotic training rectum will hopefully make it into medical schools one day, but they may be pricey—about $13,000. But perhaps that's a small price to pay for a generation of well-trained rectum probers.
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2016, 07:59:55 AM »

Trevor's rectum damn near killed 'um  Wink

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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2016, 10:48:23 AM »

If machines took over the world, my insurance still wouldn't cover it...
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2016, 03:48:15 PM »

And now researchers at the same college are working to make a robotic version of a woman's area;

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Although an influential health panel recently suggested healthy women may not need a full pelvic exam every single year, many doctors still see the annual exam as a critical opportunity to look for cancers, cysts, fibroids and more. Now, researchers at Imperial College London are creating a robotic female pelvis which would allow medical students to learn to “see” the female body by feel, so they’ll be more prepared when they encounter a live human being with her feet in stirrups.

If these researchers succeed, their funny-looking silicone recreation of the lower female torso could help new doctors get better—faster—at conducting the most intimate exam most women regularly face. It could also ensure that these doctors’ first exams are more comfortable for the women on the receiving end. The team’s project involves 3D imaging as well as haptic technology to simulate the sense of touch—a suitably complex project to simulate a complex facet of the human anatomy.


Now they just need to merge the two parts together then doctors can learn...uh...never mind...
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« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2016, 12:08:43 AM »

And now researchers at the same college are working to make a robotic version of a woman's area;

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Although an influential health panel recently suggested healthy women may not need a full pelvic exam every single year, many doctors still see the annual exam as a critical opportunity to look for cancers, cysts, fibroids and more.

And of course, there's a (hopefully small) percentage that are just plain pervs and want to an excuse to see women's naughty bits.
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