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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

Hansen Medical Receives FDA clearance for Magellan Robotic Catheter eKit

Hansen Medical®, Inc., the global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the Magellan™ Robotic Catheter eKit (MRC eKit).

3 Feb 2016

USC Researcher Awarded Grant to Create Brain-Computer Interface for Treatment of Stroke Survivors

To accomplish this task, your brain will send a signal that will pass from neuron to neuron all the way down your arm to your hand to your fingers, which will grasp the latte, bring it to your lips and, ah, frothy, caffeinated goodness.

3 Feb 2016

MIT Researchers Present New Chip Specifically Designed to Implement Neural Networks

In recent years, some of the most exciting advances in artificial intelligence have come courtesy of convolutional neural networks, large virtual networks of simple information-processing units, which are loosely modeled on the anatomy of the human brain.

3 Feb 2016

Hansen Medical Elaborates on Evaluation of Catheter Contact Force Measurements Using RNS in Recent Publication

Hansen Medical, Inc., the global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced the latest publication in the Journal of Cardiac Electrophysiology: Analysis of catheter contact force during atrial fibrillation ablation, using the robotic navigation system: results from a randomized study.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 2 Feb 2016

Fraunhofer Researchers Control Cell Production Process Using Fully Automated Equipment

Industry 4.0 requires comprehensive data collection in order to control highly automated process sequences in complex production environments. One example is the cultivation of living cells. But digitalizing and networking biotech production equipment is a huge challenge: relevant standards have yet to be established, and biology has a dynamic all its own. Using fully automated equipment for producing stem cells, Fraunhofer researchers have managed to adjust the process control to cell growth – delivering an adaptive system that is suitable for use in a number of sectors.

28 Jan 2016

Medical Robotics News

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

Hansen Medical Receives FDA clearance for Magellan Robotic Catheter eKit

USC Researcher Awarded Grant to Create Brain-Computer Interface for Treatment of Stroke Survivors

MIT Researchers Present New Chip Specifically Designed to Implement Neural Networks

Hansen Medical Elaborates on Evaluation of Catheter Contact Force Measurements Using RNS in Recent Publication

Fraunhofer Researchers Control Cell Production Process Using Fully Automated Equipment

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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