Autonomous robotic systems - systems that can perform surgical interventions without any human involvement in the actual operation, potentially under human supervision
Routine - covered by common health insurance plans
How is this market going to resolve, if a human has to monitor the surgery and intervene in case something goes wrong, but otherwise the surgery is fully automated?
Or in other words, what "level of driving automation" would this market expect for surgery? 2 (hands off), 3 (eyes off), 4 (mind off), 5 (human completely unneeded)?
I bet on YES expect a level 2 automation: a human is required by law to monitor on the process. Anything more than that feels unrealistic because the legislation in medical matters isn't going to be change that quickly.