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Robots to Connect Medical Scientists Working on Similar Molecules in Real Time

Sharing research data or Open Science, aims to accelerate scientific discovery, which is of particular importance in the case of new medicines and treatments.

2 Aug 2016

Microswimmer Robots Developed for Non-Invasive Arterial Surgery

A team of researchers from Drexel University headed by MinJun Kim, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering, have succeeded in accomplishing a task that could be appreciated by both Michael Phelps and sci-fi fans.

29 Jul 2016

Norman Regional Uses Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots to Reduce Infection Rates in Hospital

Norman Regional Health System has four new team members who will help keep patients safe by disinfecting hospital surfaces – and they’ll do it all without hands! It’s the Essentia Health first health system in Norman toutilize Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots™, which have been credited by other healthcare facilities across the U.S. for helping them reduce their infection rates.

29 Jul 2016

Smith & Nephew Announces First Robotics-Assisted Total Knee Replacement Procedure

Smith & Nephew, the global medical technology business, today announces the first surgical case of its robotics-assisted total knee replacement procedure.

29 Jul 2016

InfoBionic's MoMe Kardia System Receives 2016 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation

Based on its recent analysis of the arrhythmia detection and monitoring market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes InfoBionic with the 2016 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation.

28 Jul 2016

Sheffield Robotics Set to Advance UK’s Robotics Research

Sheffield is at the center of the UK’s robotic research, with the potential to become the leading city in the field worldwide.

27 Jul 2016

Robotic Surgery as Good as Open Surgery for Prostate Cancer, Study Finds

The first randomised controlled trial to directly compare robotic surgery with open surgery for patients with localised prostate cancer finds that robotic and open surgery achieve similar results in terms of key quality of life indicators at 3 months.

27 Jul 2016

HIFU Prostrate Services Places Sonablate HIFU Robotic System at Florida Hospital

HIFU Prostate Services, LLC, the most experienced provider of HIFU for prostate cancer and with the largest network of HIFU physicians, has placed a Sonablate HIFU system at Florida Hospital Celebration Health under the direction of Dr. Vipul Patel. Dr. Patel is widely considered the world’s expert in robotic-assisted prostatectomy (prostate removal), having performed over 9,500, and leads the efforts at the Global Robotics Institute in Celebration, FL.

26 Jul 2016

NYU Lutheran Offers Robot-Assisted Surgery with da Vinci Surgical System

True to its commitment to bring world-class care to patients in Brooklyn, the NYU Langone Health System is building a sophisticated, technologically advanced and clinically integrated health network in the borough.

26 Jul 2016

Microrobots Assist in Medical Operations and Drug Delivery

A team of researchers at EPFL and ETHZ have designed a new technique for constructing microrobots that can be used in the body to provide drugs and also perform a number of other medical operations.

25 Jul 2016