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International Urogynecology Journal
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal 6/2014

01-06-2014 | Editorial

Patents running out: time to take stock of robotic surgery

Author: Barry A O’Reilly

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 6/2014

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Throughout history there have been descriptions of machines designed to function automatically, with one of the earliest descriptions of a self-operating machine or automaton appearing in the Liezi text in the third century B.C. …
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Metadata
Title
Patents running out: time to take stock of robotic surgery
Author
Barry A O’Reilly
Publication date
01-06-2014
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-014-2353-6

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