The procedure is performed through an incision from 8-11cm in length depending on patient size and the degree of deformity. The incision is usually directly on the front of the knee and occasionally just to the inside of the patella (kneecap). Our new robotic technology does not require the patella to be averted but just displaced which does not violate surrounding soft tissue structure that definitely aid in the rapid return to a normal functioning knee. This is only possible with the aid of a semi autonomous robotic technique developed in our very own research center.

Conventionally a surgeon has to clear up real estate to attach cutting guides onto the bony surface to effectively cut the diseased bone away, we have simplified this procedure with a surgical robotic arm that is used to implement the presurgical plan through slightly larger than keyhole accesses, in other words we do not have to clear real estate for alignment tools, therefore making this new technique the least invasive procedure in the world today.

Our Direct Tunneling Technology involves a specially designed ( patented ) high speed temperature regulated milling cutter actively attached to the end effector of a closed loop surgical robotic arm. This arm was initially developed at the IBM research center and won the Smithsoniam Award for safety in the Medical Device Category.

We at LCT Research Center develop new applications to improved surgical outcome by removing surgical success outliers, reducing surgical time and improving the overall execution of the Knee procedure.

	General Robot TKA	New Procedure Robot TKA
Incision	16~20cm	8~11cm
Operation Time	1hr 45min	75min
Pain	Almost painless 20%	Almost painless 97%
First Walking Day	3Days	1Day