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'Wearable' Robotic Tools Could Improve Keyhole Surgery

A research team has collaborated to develop an advanced wearable robotic system for minimally invasive surgery, also called keyhole surgery. This latest breakthrough will not only provide surgeons with dexterous and natural movement, but will also allow them to ‘see’, ‘sense’, control, and safely find the way through the surgical environment.

15 Mar 2017

Smith & Nephew to Demonstrate NAVIO Hand-Held Robotics-Assisted TKA System at AAOS 2017

Smith & Nephew, the global medical technology business, today announces the upcoming full market release of its NAVIO hand-held robotics-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) system.

15 Mar 2017

Ingestible Origami Robot Has Potential to Remove Swallowed Button Batteries

Researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology conducted experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach through which they demonstrated a miniature origami robot that can unfold itself from a ingested capsule and, maneuvered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to patch a wound or remove an ingested button battery.

14 Mar 2017

New Technology Solidifies Global Position of OMNIBotics Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Replacement Technology Platform

OMNIlife science, Inc., a privately-held, established medical technology company targeting the $15 billion global hip and knee replacement device market, announced today the first clinical use of a novel robotic tissue balancing device for use with OMNI's market-leading OMNIBotics® robotic-assisted total knee replacement technology platform.

14 Mar 2017

Numotion Becomes Exclusive U.S. Distributor of Tek RMD from Matia Robotics

Numotion, the country’s top provider of complex rehab technology (CRT), announced that they will be the distributor of Tek Robotic Mobilization Device (RMD) by Matia Robotics in the United States.

2 Mar 2017

EPSRC Announces Two Program Grants for Major Robotics Research Projects

The development of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) technologies to improve the way we care for the sick and elderly, and deal with hazardous environments have received a major boost with more than £17.3 million of investment.

1 Mar 2017

Western Reserve Hospital Installs Xenex's LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot

As hospitals around the world look for new and innovative ways to battle deadly pathogens and kill multi-drug resistant organisms that can cause Hospital Acquired Infections, Western Reserve 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.

22 Feb 2017

Montreal Heart Institute Performs Ablation Procedures Using Stereotaxis' Niobe ES and Vdrive Robotic Systems

Stereotaxis, Inc., a global leader in innovative robotic technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, and the Montreal Heart Institute, an internationally recognized research leader and specialty hospital dedicated to the advancement of cardiology, today announced that the hospital is now performing ablation procedures using its newly installed Niobe® ES and the Vdrive® robotic systems.

17 Feb 2017

Tiny Robots Designed to Propel Through Biological Fluids Using Ultrasound or Enzymatic Reaction

Researchers anticipate that one day nanorobots and other mini-vehicles might be capable of performing vital services in medicine – for instance, by transporting pharmaceutical agents to a preferred location in the body or by conducting remotely-controlled operations.

14 Feb 2017

Corindus Vascular Robotics' CorPath GRX System Used in Commercial PCI Procedures

Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc., a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that the first commercial procedures have been performed using its CorPath GRX System following the company’s recent 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

13 Feb 2017