The World’s First Robot Dedicated to Ear Surgery

RobOtol is designed to move and extend along several axes, ensuring that the system can serve as a multi-purpose otological tool:

Use of the Instrument Holder Arm:

Cochlear Implants – Assistance with the Insertion of the Cochlear Implant Electrode
The aim is to ensure quality in the installation of cochlear implants along the axis best adapted to anatomical variations while minimising trauma caused by the insertion procedure. Other applications are planned and will become progressively available i.e. delivery of drugs to the inner ear.

Surgery for Otosclerosis –Stapedectomy and Ossiculoplasty
This surgical procedure is one of the most frequent in middle-ear surgery but remains challenging for the surgeon. The guiding principle is to robotise the most critical phases of this delicate operation so as to raise the overall level of surgical performance and enable young surgeons to shorten their learning curve and quickly achieve results approaching those of expert colleagues. Robotisation can assist the surgeon in placing the piston or other partial or total middle-ear prostheses.

Use of the Optical System Holder Arm:

Today, more and more ENT groups are developing endoscopic ear surgery in addition to or as a substitute for all or part of surgical procedures using a microscope. The optical system holder leaves the surgeon free to use both hands for endoscopic ear surgery.