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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

Surgeons and Administrators to Attend Seminar on Robotic Surgery at UAB

Surgeons and administrators from hospitals in 26 states and several foreign countries will attend the 2016 Academic Session on robotic-assisted surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The session, to be held Feb. 19-20, is co-sponsored by Intuitive Surgical, developers of the da Vinci surgical system, the most common surgical robots in use in the United States.

16 Feb 2016

Latest Developments in Limb Prosthetics, Assistive Robotics, and Brain Computer Interfaces Revealed at AAAS 2016

Slicing bread, pouring a cup of coffee, and sitting down at the kitchen table are a part of everyday life for most people, but for people with physical impairments such as limb amputations or neurological lesions, these tasks can present an insurmountable challenge without support. Pooling their efforts, researchers from the engineering and medical sciences are on a quest for smarter, more precise assistive devices ultimately piloted by the patients' minds.

16 Feb 2016

New Paper Discusses Success of Tele-ICU Services in War-Affected Syria

Life-saving medical treatment can be readily deployed using modern cost-free social media applications in regions devastated by war, according to clinicians who launched the Syria Tele-ICU program in December 2012.

15 Feb 2016

TIRS Completes First Robotic Surgery Using da Vinci Xi System and TruSystem 7000dV Table

On Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, surgeons at the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David's North Austin Medical Center successfully completed the first robotic surgery combining the da Vinci® Xi® Surgical System with Trumpf Medical's advanced operating table, the TruSystem® 7000dV.

15 Feb 2016

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

Medical Robotics News

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

Surgeons and Administrators to Attend Seminar on Robotic Surgery at UAB

Latest Developments in Limb Prosthetics, Assistive Robotics, and Brain Computer Interfaces Revealed at AAAS 2016

New Paper Discusses Success of Tele-ICU Services in War-Affected Syria

TIRS Completes First Robotic Surgery Using da Vinci Xi System and TruSystem 7000dV Table

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

Machine Learning Improves Aerosol Prediction Accuracy

Proto-DS: Advanced AI for Food Testing and Quality Control

Successful Demonstration of Remote Robotic Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

Transforming Agri-Food Sustainability with AI and IoT

AI as a Game-Changer in Alzheimer’s Disease Detection

Robots and Renewable Energy: Hydropower Inspections

Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

Robots and Renewable Energy: Solar Plant Security

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