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ACNS Annual Meeting & Courses Features MEDTECH’s Rosa Brain Robotic Surgery System

MEDTECH, a company specialized in designing, developing and marketing innovative surgical assistance robots, announced that it will showcase its ROSA™ Brain robotic surgery system at the Annual Meeting & Courses of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), held in Orlando, FL (United States) from February 10 to 14, 2016.

12 Feb 2016

Remote Monitoring Technology not Suitable for Reducing Readmissions of Heart Failure Patients

FINDINGS: Increasingly patients and providers are interested in using remote monitoring devices to help with their health care. The researchers sought to determine if these devices could be useful in preventing 180-day all-cause hospital readmissions for heart failure patients. They enrolled 1437 patients from UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles who were randomized into two groups.

11 Feb 2016

Telemedicine Robot Assists Player Showing Signs of Concussion

When the UA Wildcats hosted Northern Arizona University at the teams’ 2013 football season opener in Tucson, a new NAU “team member” stood on the sidelines, ready to make a bit of medical history.

11 Feb 2016

CMU Researchers Create Robotically Driven System to Help Reduce Cost of Drug Discovery

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have created the first robotically driven experimentation system to determine the effects of a large number of drugs on many proteins, reducing the number of necessary experiments by 70%.

10 Feb 2016

High Point Regional Purchases Tru-D SmartUVC Robots to Enhance Patient and Staff Safety

After participating in the CDC-funded, large-scale, multi-hospital study, Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection (BETR-D), High Point Regional has invested in the very product validated in the landmark study. Adding to its already strict infection prevention protocols, High Point Regional purchased three Tru-D SmartUVC robots in an effort to reinforce its commitment to patient and staff safety.

10 Feb 2016

U-M Neurosurgeons Developing Image-Guided Technology to Improve Neurological Surgery

It can be difficult to see everything necessary, and in great detail, during brain tumor surgery. Often, a neurosurgeon is choosing between breadth (microscope glasses known as “loupes”) and depth (a microscope sitting outside the surgical field) as the surgery goes on.

9 Feb 2016

Robotic Nephrectomy for Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Achieves More Favorable Outcomes than Open Surgery

Renal cell carcinoma can sometimes spread to the inferior vena cava (IVC), the body's largest vein, posing a threat to the heart and brain. Robotic nephrectomy for inferior vena cava tumor thrombus has favorable outcomes in selected patients compared with open surgery, which can have a high rate of complications, report surgeons in The Journal of Urology.

9 Feb 2016

Mar-2 Robot Enables Girl Diagnosed with Acute Flaccid Myelitis to Attend School Again

An unusual student lights up and rolls out of the corner of Erica Bossier’s first grade class at South Larose Elementary School at the start of the day.

5 Feb 2016

UC Berkeley Researchers Develop Lightweight Robotic Exoskeletons to Restore Mobility

Until recently, being paralyzed from the waist down meant using a wheelchair to get around. And although daily life is more accessible to wheelchair users, they still face physical and social limitations. But UC Berkeley’s Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory has been working to change that.

5 Feb 2016

Department of Veterans Affairs’ Multi-Center Study Uses ReWalk Exoskeleton Systems

ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (“ReWalk” or “Company”), the leading global exoskeleton developer and manufacturer, announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) has publicly listed details of a national, multi-center study utilizing the Company’s Personal 6.0 Exoskeleton Systems.

4 Feb 2016

Medical Robotics News

ACNS Annual Meeting & Courses Features MEDTECH’s Rosa Brain Robotic Surgery System

Remote Monitoring Technology not Suitable for Reducing Readmissions of Heart Failure Patients

Telemedicine Robot Assists Player Showing Signs of Concussion

CMU Researchers Create Robotically Driven System to Help Reduce Cost of Drug Discovery

High Point Regional Purchases Tru-D SmartUVC Robots to Enhance Patient and Staff Safety

U-M Neurosurgeons Developing Image-Guided Technology to Improve Neurological Surgery

Robotic Nephrectomy for Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Achieves More Favorable Outcomes than Open Surgery

Mar-2 Robot Enables Girl Diagnosed with Acute Flaccid Myelitis to Attend School Again

UC Berkeley Researchers Develop Lightweight Robotic Exoskeletons to Restore Mobility

Department of Veterans Affairs’ Multi-Center Study Uses ReWalk Exoskeleton Systems

Machine Learning Can Predict the Mechanical Properties of Polymers

Uncovering AI’s Deepest Fears this Halloween with the Spook the Machine Project

The Role of AI in Corporate Social Responsibility

AI Enhances IVF with Accurate Embryo Selection

Deep Learning Elevates the Precision of Brain Surgery

Robots and Renewable Energy: Hydropower Inspections

Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

Robots and Renewable Energy: Solar Plant Security

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