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Surgeons Perform Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Using Mazor X System

Surgeons at Allegheny Health Network have become the first in Pennsylvania to perform robotic-assisted, minimally invasive spine surgery using a sophisticated, new technology called the Mazor X system. The first procedure was performed at Allegheny General Hospital by Donald Whiting, MD, Chair of AHN's Neuroscience Institute.

10 May 2017

Innovative Capsule Robot for Performing Efficient Colonoscopy

A new study has demonstrated that an eighteen millimeter magnetized capsule colonoscope coupled with standard medical instruments can successfully perform complex maneuvers inside the colon when it is guided through an external magnet fixed to a robotic arm.

9 May 2017

Global Healthcare Robotics Market Expected to Reach $20 Million by 2022

In this report, the global Healthcare Robotics Market is valued at USD XX million in 2016 and is expected to reach USD XX million by the end of 2022, growing at a CAGR of XX% between 2016 and 2022.

9 May 2017

New Research to Develop AI System that Supports Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Pain

Aichi Medical University, Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and FRONTEO Healthcare, Inc., a subsidiary of FRONTEO, Inc. that provides medical data analysis solutions using the artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine “KIBIT”, announced today that the three parties have begun their joint research to develop an AI system that supports the diagnosis and management of chronic pain.

9 May 2017

Computer-Driven Automated Drill Could Play a Pivotal Role in Future Surgical Procedures

A computer-driven automated drill, similar to those used to machine auto parts, could play a pivotal role in future surgical procedures.

2 May 2017

Forrest General Hospital Deploys Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots

Forrest General Hospital today unveiled LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robots™ that are being used to destroy potentially lethal germs and bacteria that can pose a risk to patient and employee safety.

27 Apr 2017

St. Luke’s Hospital Installs Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot

As hospitals around the world look for new and innovative ways to battle deadly pathogens and kill multidrug-resistant organisms that can cause hospital acquired infections, St. Luke’s Hospital has taken a leap into the future with the installation of a LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robot™ that destroys hard-to-kill bugs in hard-to-clean places.

27 Apr 2017

Researchers Aim to Use AI to Help Screen and Diagnose Tuberculosis in Remote Areas

To help screening and assessment efforts in TB-rampant areas with inadequate access to radiologists, researchers are starting to train artificial intelligence models to detect tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-rays. The work has been reported online in the journal Radiology.

26 Apr 2017

AI Could Provide Better Early Cervical Cancer Detection at Lower Cost than Current Methods

An artificial intelligence image detection method has the potential to outperform PAP and HPV tests in screening for cervical cancer; Low-cost technique could be used in less-developed countries, where 80 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur

25 Apr 2017

BIOMEDevice: Cirtronics to Highlight How Precision Engagement Can Help Bring Innovative Products to Market

Cirtronics, an experienced Precision Engagement contract manufacturer located in southern New Hampshire, will be exhibiting at BIOMEDevice in Boston, MA, May 3-4, 2017. Cirtronics will be highlighting how Precision Engagement benefits Medtech companies looking to bring their innovative products to the marketplace.

25 Apr 2017