Hence, rather than asking a dwindling cadre of harried surgeons to perform operations sequentially, a single master surgeon will be able to operate on a dozen patients at a time from the comfort of his rec room using a specially modified Wii controller.
Bath's next fixture on Saturday in the Heineken Cup sees Steve Meehan return to Stade Francais for the first time since leaving the Paris-based side for the Rec in 2006.