Virtual Incision

Virtual Incision mini-robots conduct first known human surgery

UNMC’s Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., teams with UNL’s Shane Farritor, Ph.D., for miniaturized robotically assisted surgery.

Mar 1, 2016

Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., a UNMC professor of surgery, operates a surgical robot as in the background Shane Farritor, Ph.D., a UNL engineering professor, adjusts the camera on the surgical subject in this 2015 photo illustration. The two developed the robot for minimally invasive surgeries. Their startup company, Virtual Incision, announced March 1 the first use of its miniaturized robot in human surgery.