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Researchers Build Ciliate-Inspired Microrobot Using Liquid-Crystal Elastomers

Ciliates can do amazing things: Being so tiny, the water in which they live is like thick honey to these microorganisms. In spite of this, however, they are able to self-propel through water by the synchronized movement of thousands of extremely thin filaments on their outer skin, called cilia.

26 Feb 2016

Mercy Medical Center Now Offers New da Vinci Xi System for Various Surgical Procedures

Mercy Medical Center is now one of only three hospitals in the mid-Atlantic region to offer the new Intuitive da Vinci Xi Surgical System for a variety of surgical procedures (e.g. gynecologic, urologic, colon-rectal, and general surgeries) through an enhanced, minimally invasive approach.

25 Feb 2016

Researchers Developing Automated Seat Cushion to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Wheelchair Users

Modern-day wheelchairs provide a full range of mobility solutions to those who cannot walk, but many users still battle an unwanted side effect: painful ulcers caused by sitting for long periods in the same position.

24 Feb 2016

Germ-Zapping Robots Improve Patient Safety at Avera McKennan Hospital

Meet Xena the germ-zapping warrior. She’s one of two new robots at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center that are super cleaners, able to destroy hard-to-kill superbugs — including those that cause hospital-acquired infections — within minutes by sending out intense pulses of ultraviolet (UV) light.

23 Feb 2016

Biotricity Awarded NRC-IRAP Grant to Study HRV Application in Preventative Medicine

Biotricity, a healthcare technology company dedicated to delivering innovative, medically relevant biometric remote monitoring solutions, has been awarded a research grant from the National Research Council-Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) of Canada. The prestigious grant enables Biotricity to conduct research around the use of heart rate variability (HRV) in various applications for preventative medicine.

23 Feb 2016

Robotic Arm Exoskeleton Beneficial in Post-Stroke Motor Skill Rehabilitation

Motor skill training using a robotic arm exoskeleton may be beneficial to people suffering from post-stroke weakness affecting an entire side of their body, according to research presented this week at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting in Sacramento, Calif.

19 Feb 2016

Research Groups Develop Virtual Coaching Space for Physical Rehabilitation

A new system in a virtual training room is helping users practice and improve sports exercises and other motor activities: six research groups from the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) at Bielefeld University are working on the ICSPACE project to develop this virtual coaching space.

19 Feb 2016

Successful Completion of First Procedure with Magellan Robotic Catheter eKit in US

Hansen Medical®, Inc., the global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced the completion of the first clinical procedure in the United States with the Magellan™ Robotic Catheter eKit (MRC eKit). Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Ripal Gandhi, performed the procedure at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute (MCVI) in Miami, FL. Dr. Gandhi used the MRC eKit during a robotic transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) procedure.

18 Feb 2016

Transcriptic Robotic Cloud Laboratory Helps Researchers to Automate and Streamline Biology Research

Transcriptic, Inc., a robotic cloud laboratory for life sciences, today announced a peer-reviewed study has been published in PLOS ONE that provides an example of how researchers are successfully using Transcriptic Workcells to automate and streamline their biology research.

17 Feb 2016

Researchers Demonstrate Mind-Controlled Artificial Arm Capable of Moving Fingers Individually

Believed to be a first, biomedical engineers and physicians at the John Hopkins Medicine have reported their successful effort to wiggle fingers separately and individually, using a mind-controlled artificial "arm."

16 Feb 2016