FULFILLMENT CENTERS IN THE
GARDEN STATE THAT HAS CREATED
5500 NEW JOBS.
ON THE HEALTHWATCH
TONIGHT, A FIRST NEW
TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED FOR HORSE
THAT HE IS MIGHT HELP PEOPLE
AS WELL.
IT IS DAY BUYING AT NEW BOLTON
CENTER IN KENNETH SQUARE.
HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIE
STAHL WAS THERE TO WATCH
TONIGHT ACTION.
REPORTER: THIS WAS SO COOL.
PENN VET IS ALWAYS ON THE
CUTTING EDGE, THIS NEW
TECHNOLOGY COMBINES ROBOTICS
AND 3-D IMAGE AING THAT IS
EASIER ON THE THE PATIENT
WHETHER THEY HAVE FOUR LEGS OR
TWO LEGS.
IT IS CALLED ROBOTIC
POWERED IMAGING THAT IS BEING
DONE ON THE HORSE WHO IS
STANDING.
IT IS A FIRST.
X-RAY.
REPORTER: TYPICALLY IMAGING
ON A HORSE REQUIRES THEM TO BE
INCOME OUT WITH ANESTHESIA AND
THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS.
THE NOT ANYMORE THIS
REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY
ALLOWS THE HORSE TO STAND,
SEDATED, BUT A WAKE.
IT IS MUCH SAFER FOR
PATIENTS AND LEVEL OF
RESOLUTION IS HIGHER THEN WHAT
WE HAVE EVEN IN STANDARD CD
SCANNING.
REPORTER: HORSE ISN'T
SCARED BY MOVING PARTS HER
EYES ARE COVERED, WHICH ALSO
HELPS KEEP HER STILL.
CT SCANS PROVIDES THREE
DIMENSIONAL VIEWS OF THE
ANATOMY.
WE HAVE A FIGURE OUT NEW
TREATMENTS, USING THIS
TECHNOLOGY, IT IS JUST
THRILLING FOR AN OLD MAN LIKE
ME.
REPORTER: YES, SURGEON THAT
OPERATED ON BARBARO, DEAN
RIPPARD SON SAYS THIS NEW
TECHNOLOGY BRINGS A WHOLE NEW
LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION IN THE
JUST TO VETERINARY MEDICINE.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH
HUMAN COUNT ARE PARTS, YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THAT
LESSER SPECIES, THE HUMAN.
WE THINK THAT PARTICULARLY
THIS COULD BE RELEVANT IN
WORKING PEDIATRICS FOR
EXAMPLE.
IMAGINE A YOUNG CHILD WHO
DOES NOT WANT TO BE HELD DOWN
OR RESTRAINED IN ANYWAY.
THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SIT
THERE ON THEIR I PAD AND BE
ABLE TO HAVE IMAGING DONE.
REPORTER: FOR THIS
TECHNOLOGY HORSES PAVING WAY
FOR HUMANS.
THE RIGHT NOW TECHNOLOGY JUST
WORKS ON PATIENTS WHO ARE
STILL BUT EVENTUALLY,
RESEARCHERS HOPE TO PROGRAM IT
TO CAPTURE IMAGING OF A HORSE
OR HUMAN IN MOTION.
AND, IT WILL BE A NEW HORIZON.
MY GOSH.
SO WILL COOL.
EVERYTHING THEY DO IS
AWESOME.
