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Robotics turns heart repair into serious game » Operating table

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PREP WORK: Dr. Rahul Doshi of St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, right, prepares patient Craig Schumacher for a robotic catheter ablation procedure — an innovative technique to treat cardiac arrhythmias. Mr. Schumacher was only the second patient in Southern California to undergo the procedure, using the Hansen Medical’s Sensei robotic catheter system. Fluoroscope is at center of the photo. (Register photo by Leonard Ortiz)

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