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Vanderbilt Develops Medical Capsule Robot, Offers as Open Source

Researchers around the globe who want to customize medical capsule robots won’t have to start from scratch – a team from Vanderbilt University School of Engineering did the preliminary work for them and is ready to share.

6 Nov 2015

Robotic Worm can Drill Through Bone to Steer Around Sensitive Tissue

Removing tumors from within the inner ear is a very delicate matter that typically requires surgeons to remove the entire mastoid bone. However, in the future, all doctors will need to do is cut a tunnel of 5 mm in diameter through the bone using a miniature robot named NiLiBoRo.

5 Nov 2015

Hansen Medical’s Magellan Robotic Microcatheter Driver used in Clinical Peripheral Vasculature Procedure

Hansen Medical, Inc., announced today the completion of the world's first clinical procedure using the Magellan™ Robotic Microcatheter Driver as part of the clinical study: Embolization Procedures in Peripheral Vasculature. Study Principal Investigator, Professor Marc Sapoval, MD, MSc and Dr. Gregory Amouyal, MD performed the procedure at Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou (HEGP-APHP).

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 5 Nov 2015

Mechanical Assistant Reminiscent of a Robot Arm Assists Surgeons

In the future, surgical assistants could be relieved by surgeons, to devote their time instead to their own patients. This is expected to be made possible by a device which has been developed by researchers from the project group for automation in medicine and biotechnology at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Mannheim, Germany – together with their colleagues from the surgical clinic of the University Hospital of Mannheim.

4 Nov 2015

Pertexa Debuts RITA Robotic Intelligent Telehealth Assistant at 2015 OPEN MINDS Technology & Informatics Institute

On the first day of the 2015 OPEN MINDS Technology & Informatics Institute, Pertexa Inc., a medical technology company based in Ridgecrest, California, made a splash with the debut of their new, versatile machine called RITA (Robotic Intelligent Telehealth Assistant).

3 Nov 2015

UAB Valve Disease Patients Benefit from Minimally Invasive Procedures and Robotic-Assisted Surgery

There is a debate about when the first successful open-heart surgery was performed in the United States. Some believe it was 122 years ago in Chicago when surgeon Daniel Hale Williams performed the momentous medical advancement.

2 Nov 2015

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital Introduces da Vinci Robotic Surgical System to De Marillac Academy Students

On Tuesday, Oct. 27, fourth-through seventh-grade students from De Marillac Academy experienced first-hand what it is like to be a surgeon, thanks to the surgeons and operating room staff from Dignity Health Saint Francis Memorial Hospital.

31 Oct 2015

Market for Wearable Robots, Exoskeletons Anticipated to Reach $2.1 Billion by 2021

Wearable robots, exoskeletons units are evolving additional functionality rapidly. Wearable robots functionality is used to assist to personal mobility via exoskeleton robots. They promote upright walking and relearning of lost functions. Exoskeletons are helping older people move after a stroke. Exoskeleton s deliver higher quality rehabilitation, provide the base for a growth strategy for clinical facilities.

30 Oct 2015

Rehabilitation Robot Market Expected Grow Dramatically to Reach $1.8 Billion by 2020

Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the rehabilitation robots, active prostheses, and exoskeletons are used inside rehabilitation treatment centers and sports facilities providing rehabilitation for all patients with injuries or physical dysfunction.

28 Oct 2015

US Patent Innovations Seeks Patent Protection for Canady Robo Surgical Systems

US Patent Innovations, LLC, filed for patent protection (United States Patent and Trademark Office) on the Canady RoboTM Surgical Systems with robotic surgical mini-invasive accessories.

26 Oct 2015