NAPLES, Fla. — A new robotic system is helping doctors in Collier County perform complex brain and spine surgeries. The Doctor’s Regional Hospital recently unveiled the ExcelsiusGPS robot, a cutting-edge technology that is among the first of its kind in the area.

The innovative robot, produced by Globus Medical, uses a combination of GPS and advanced image processing to guide surgeons during procedures that require precision.

On Friday, Dr. Amanda Sacino, a neurosurgeon, invited Fox 4 for an exclusive look at the system, which she says is among the first of its kind in Collier County.

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Robots are helping doctors perform brain and spine surgeries in Collier County

“And what this does is it basically shows me on the screen where I can make different cuts in the bone to access the tumor, so I only take out exactly what I need to remove the spinal tumor and nothing more,” says Dr. Sacino explained and demonstrated the robot’s intricate process.

Dr. Educated at Johns Hopkins University, Sacino specializes in robotic-assisted surgery. “The inventor of this robot is the director of spine surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and he’s also my mentor,” Sacino explained.

Southwest Florida’s aging population will benefit the most from this technology, which makes surgeries less invasive, faster and safer, according to Dr. Sacino.

“Usually before, when you were doing a much larger operation, you would have to say to patients at a certain age, ‘I’m sorry, I don’t think you’re going to be able to tolerate that.’ But now you can help more patients,” Sacino explained.

Sacino says that while the new technology is promising, the future for robots is even brighter.

“I think things are just going to keep growing more and more,” she said. “Initially, this started for spine surgery, and now you can use it for brain surgery. And I think as AI progresses, we’ll be able to couple this more with AI and automate it further. The sky’s the limit in terms of what we’ll be able to do do to help patients with that,” she added.