Bell Canada Utilizes Cisco Systems Technology to Help Deliver Surgical Grade Network to Power Historic Telerobotics Assisted Surgery.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HAMILTON, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003 A three-armed robot directly translates a surgeon's natural hand, wrist and finger movements, allowing the surgeon to operate on a patient hundreds of miles away. This may sound like science fiction, but it's now reality following the completion of the world's first hospital-to-hospital telerobotics assisted surgery. On February 28, 2003, Dr. Mehran Anvari, an internationally recognized specialist in minimal access surgery, performed the world's first hospital-to-hospital telerobotics assisted operation from St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario to a patient in North Bay, Ontario North Bay (, time zone EST) is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada (2006 population 53,966). North Bay takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing, and covers an area of 314.92 km² (121. . Using a specially designed robot operating over Bell Canada's state-of-the-art national IP backbone, Dr. Anvari assisted Dr. Craig McKinley, a North Bay-based surgeon, in performing a laparoscopic Laparoscopic A minimally-invasive surgical or diagnostic procedure that uses a flexible endoscope (laparoscope) to view and operate on structures in the abdomen. Mentioned in: Obstetrical Emergencies Nissen fundoplication Nissen fundoplication Neonatology A laparoscopic procedure for treating reflux esophagitis and GERD. See Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Nissen fundoplication. (acid-reflux) surgery over a distance of approximately 250 miles. The operation took place over Bell Canada's commercial networking service known as VPNe, or Virtual Private Network Enterprise. Regarded as one of the most advanced networks of its kind, Bell VPNe uses Cisco Multiprotocol Label Switching (networking) Multiprotocol Label Switching - (MPLS) A packet switching protocol developed by the IETF. Initially developed to improve switching speed, other benefits are now seen as being more important. (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. ) technology to enable private IP networks (or VPNs) to be carved out of Bell's national IP backbone infrastructure. "The telerobotics assisted surgery initiated by St. Joseph's Healthcare opens new frontiers in the delivery of healthcare service to rural or remote parts of Canada, and effectively expands access to important medical resources, regardless of geography," said Charles Salameh, vice-president, Enterprise Data and Managed Services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for . "Telerobotics assisted surgery takes IP-based applications to a new level and demonstrates the security, reliability and flexibility of Bell's network, and our expertise in delivering mission-critical applications." "We see the network as a dynamic enabler for the Canadian healthcare industry," said Pierre-Paul Allard, president of Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. Canada. "In this case, innovation in MPLS VPN MPLS VPN is a family of methods for harnessing the power of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to create Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). MPLS is well suited to the task as it provides traffic isolation and differentiation without substantial overhead. networking technology is helping provide critically needed surgical health care services and expertise to remote locations by enabling telerobotics assisted surgery. This application demonstrates that MPLS VPNs can provide a scalable, reliable and secure infrastructure for business and mission-critical needs." Surgical grade network drives innovation Bell Canada was responsible for maintaining the high level of network performance and reliability necessary for real-time remote manipulation of the surgical robot surgical robot Surgery A device used to perform some surgical procedures Pros Smaller incisions, ↓ pain, correction of surgeon error and tremors, ↓ infections and other post-surgical complications, faster recovery, better outcomes Cons . Combining the latest advances in laparoscopic surgical techniques, robotics, video compression Encoding digital video to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. See video codec and data compression. video compression - Compression of sequences of images. and IP internetworking, Bell designed, built and managed all aspects of the service delivery, including the integration of all connectivity software, cabling, end-to-end network management and engineering expertise. Bell, working with Cisco, conducted extensive testing to deliver the high levels of stability, reliability and quality of service demanded by a telerobotics assisted surgery application under various network conditions. Using 10-12 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. (Mbps) of bandwidth, Bell worked to ensure that any manipulation of the remote robotic 'hand' corresponded with a virtually simultaneous movement of the surgeon's hand controlling the robot. MPLS powers Bell VPNe network Bell VPNe is one of the most advanced MPLS VPN networks in the world. MPLS is a label-based method for forwarding IP traffic that brings a new level of intelligence to IP networks. By combining the intelligence of routing with the performance of switching, it dramatically simplifies deployment, management, scalability and flexibility of VPNs. Bell's MPLS VPN network provides a number of significant benefits over traditional solutions employed in most commercial networks. As a carrier-class network service with "turn the tap" functionality, this solution delivers bandwidth-on-demand and the ability to prioritize the delivery of voice, video and data traffic with end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS). For health networks, VPNe is a highly secure and flexible service that allows diverse communities of interest to effectively interconnect and communicate. This network provides the capacity and the service protection capabilities required to ensure the greatest level of reliability currently possible. This infrastructure dependability is achieved with physically diverse fibre routes, backup points of presence, redundant transport and switching equipment, as well as optical and electrical protection switching capabilities, all maintained by sophisticated operational support systems. The transport network has been designed to protect against both fibre cuts and laser failures. As a result, the VPNe network self-heals against failure within 50 milliseconds, rendering such failures transparent to even the most demanding enterprise application. The Bell VPNe network is built over an installed base of Cisco Gigabit Switching Routers (GSR See Gigabit Switch Router. ) 12000 series routers, Cisco 7500 Series routers running Cisco IOS(R) Software. Cisco continues to contribute to standardizing future MPLS capabilities and drives multivendor interoperability through established and independent testing forums. More information on MPLS technology can be found at http://www.cisco.com/go/mpls/ About Bell Canada Bell Canada, Canada's national leader for communications in the Internet world, provides connectivity to residential and business customers through wired and wireless voice and data communications, high speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, e-business solutions, and local and long distance phone services. Bell Canada is owned by BCE BCE abbr. 1. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering 2. Bachelor of Civil Engineering BCE Abbreviation for before the Common Era. Inc. For more information please visit http://www.bell.ca About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at www.cisco.com. About Cisco Systems Canada Cisco Systems Canada Co. has offices across Canada dedicated to customer support, sales, and service. In addition, Cisco Systems has a significant research and development centre in Ottawa, Ontario. Additional information about Cisco Systems Canada is available at www.cisco.com/ca. B-Roll is available via Satellite Transponder: 10:00-10:30 AM EST EST electroshock therapy. 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