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Ekso’s New Robotic Exoskeleton Receives FDA Clearance for Use in Patients with Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a robotic exoskeleton company, today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Ekso GT robotic exoskeleton for use in the treatment of individuals with hemiplegia due to stroke, individuals with spinal cord injuries at levels T4 to L5, and individuals with spinal cord injuries at levels of T3 to C7 (ASIA D), in accordance with device’s labeling. The Ekso GT is the first exoskeleton cleared by the FDA for use with stroke patients.

6 Apr 2016

B-Line Medical Provides Support to Global Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery

B-Line Medical®, an industry leader in video-driven healthcare education and outcome improvement, is excited to support fundamentals of robotic surgery by providing cloud-based video, assessment, and reporting for a global research project.

1 Apr 2016

Takatsuki General Hospital Reaches Major Milestone Using Stereotaxis’ Niobe Remote Magnetic Navigation System

Stereotaxis, Inc., a global leader in innovative technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, today announced that Takatsuki General Hospital, a leading acute care institution near Osaka, has reached the milestone of treating 120 patients using the Company’s Niobe® remote magnetic navigation system.

31 Mar 2016

Texas A&M Veterinary College to Use Voyce Pro Wellness Monitoring Program

i4C Innovations Inc., dba Voyce, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intersections Inc. and the creators of the Voyce Health and Wellness Management System™, is pleased to announce that the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences will be the first veterinary college and teaching hospital to offer the Voyce Pro Wellness Monitoring Program™ to all patients, beginning in April, 2016.

31 Mar 2016

Corindus' CorPath Robotic System Received FDA Clearance for Use in Peripheral Vascular Interventions

Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc., a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the CorPath® System for use in peripheral vascular interventions.

30 Mar 2016

UW Researcher Explores Potential of Using Robot to Assist Patients Undergoing Physical Therapy

For the past two semesters, Debbie Kretzchmar has met with a new friend in a small lab in the University of Wyoming’s Engineering Building.

30 Mar 2016

Panasonic Announces Assist Robots for Industrial Use and Elderly Care

Panasonic released a video featuring its assist robots, which support the everyday lives of workers and the elderly. The company has applied the advanced control and sensor technologies that it has developed to create a robot equipped with motors that assist human body mechanics. These robots are safe to use and offer peace of mind. This video highlights the latest developments in Panasonic’s assist robots.

18 Mar 2016

Annual SIR Scientific Meeting: Hansen Medical to Exhibit Magellan Robotic System

Hansen Medical, Inc., the global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at the Annual Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Scientific Meeting April 2-7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 18 Mar 2016

Automated Techniques Could Speed Up Antimicrobial Discovery

The antimicrobial arsenal that we count on to save millions of lives each year is alarmingly thin--and these microbes are rapidly evolving resistance to our weapons.

17 Mar 2016

Innovative Humanoid Robot to Assist Children with Autism

Children with autism have special difficulty in expressing emotions, usually have no social skills and face major problems when communicating. In order to help children with this problem learn to recognize facial expressions in themselves and in others, a group of researchers at the Tec de Monterrey, in Mexico, created a robot using artificial intelligence.

15 Mar 2016