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Stereotaxis Announces Launch of Vmotion Suite of Automation Features in U.S.

Stereotaxis, Inc., a global leader in innovative technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, today announced the first procedures performed in the U.S. with its Vmotion suite of automation features.

25 Sep 2015

Robotics Business Review Presents 2015 Game Changer Award to Virtual Incision

Virtual Incision Corporation, a company developing advanced robotically assisted surgical devices, is pleased to announce that it has received a 2015 Game Changer Award from Robotics Business Review in the Medical and Surgical category for its first-of-its-kind miniaturized robot for general surgery procedures.

25 Sep 2015

Surgical Robot Device Market Anticipated to Reach $20 Billion by 2021

WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Surgical Robots: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015 to 2021.

24 Sep 2015

University of Pittsburgh Researchers Receive NSF Grants for Hybrid Walking Exoskeleton Projects

Outside of sci-fi, the idea of donning a bionic suit, rocketing into the sky, and saving the world hasn't quite gotten off the ground; however, two new grants totaling $500,209 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help researchers at the University of Pittsburgh make great strides in helping paraplegics walk while wearing a mechanical exoskeleton.

24 Sep 2015

Innovative Smart Robot Speeds up Research on Cancer Treatments

A new smart research robot accelerates research on cancer treatments. The new robot system finds optimal treatment combinations. Today Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) is publishing an article about the robot, authored by Dr Mats Gustafsson, Professor of Medical Bioinformatics at Uppsala University.

24 Sep 2015

DCRI to Implement VitalHealth’s Cloud-Based Mobile-Friendly Tool to Automate Clinical Trial Process

Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), the world’s largest academic research organization and part of the Duke University School of Medicine, to implement VitalHealth Software’s QuestLink® to support clinical trials by allowing patients to electronically report outcomes through this cloud-based mobile-friendly tool.

23 Sep 2015

New Research on Household Robots Could Lay Groundwork for Assistive Technologies

The use of household robots for healthcare or service needs could help thousands of people, but most of those people do not have the skills to program those robots.

23 Sep 2015

Texas Physician Exceeds 1,000 EP Procedures with Stereotaxis’ Niobe Remote Magnetic Navigation System

Stereotaxis, Inc., a global leader in innovative technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, today announced that J. David Burkhardt, M.D. of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, TX has surpassed 1,000 electrophysiology (EP) procedures performed with the Niobe® remote magnetic navigation system.

23 Sep 2015

Frankfurt University Hospital Purchases Medtech ROSA Robot

MEDTECH, a company specialized in designing, developing and marketing innovative surgical assistance robots, is pleased to announce a new sale of its ROSA™ robot to Frankfurt University Hospital in Germany.

22 Sep 2015

TransEnterix Acquires SOFAR’s Surgical Robotics Division

TransEnterix, Inc., a medical device company that is pioneering the use of robotics to improve minimally invasive surgery, announced today that it has acquired the surgical robotics division of SOFAR S.p.A., an Italian health care company, in a cash and stock transaction with total consideration of $99.8 million.

22 Sep 2015