Lee Health has added Intuitive da Vinci 5 to its robotic surgery program. Health care system officials said dV5 will help physicians improve surgical outcomes and efficiency by providing enhanced precision and control, advanced imaging options and rich data insights to make the surgical experience more comfortable for patients, provide better outcomes and faster recovery times.

The dV5 represents the latest advancement in the da Vinci series, allowing surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures across a broad spectrum of surgical specialties. These include adult and pediatric general surgery, gynecology, urology, colorectal surgery, oncology, cardiothoracic and ear, nose and throat.

The dV5 incorporates Force Feedback technology, allowing surgeons to feel subtle forces exerted on tissues during the procedure. This helps significantly reduce the force applied to those tissues, minimizing tissue damage and ultimately enhancing precision, patient comfort and fewer complications during surgery. The dV5 has more than 10,000 times the computing power of its predecessor, the da Vinci Xi, and supports advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities for continual software and functional upgrades.