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Paralyzed Man Walks Without Relying on Manually Controlled Robotic Limbs

Novel brain-computer interface technology created by University of California, Irvine researchers has allowed a paraplegic man to walk for a short distance.

28 Sep 2015

MEDTECH’s Rosa Robotic Surgery System to be Showcased at 2015 CNS Annual Meeting

MEDTECH, a company specialized in designing, developing and marketing innovative surgical assistance robots, is proud to announce that it will highlight its ROSA™ robotic surgery system at the 2015 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans (USA) from September 28 to 30, 2015.

28 Sep 2015

EDAP Participates in EAU Robotic Urology Section Congress Held in Bilbao, Spain

EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, today provided an update on the growing momentum being experienced by HIFU technology in the European market, in particular the rapidly increasing interest in the use of focal therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer.

26 Sep 2015

Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System to be Featured in Live Surgery Presentation at CNS 2015

Mazor Robotics Renaissance® Guidance System will be featured in a Live Surgery presentation entitled, "Spine: Robotics-guided MIS TLIF" at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The surgery will be performed live by Hunaldo J. Villalobos, MD, FACS, in Orlando, Florida, and broadcast into the exhibit area from 11:45 am – 12:15 pm on Tuesday, September 29.

From Medtronic 26 Sep 2015

Researchers Develop New Feedback System to Control Robots Using Brain-Machine Interfaces

Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs) are a promising and expanding branch of robotics that has life-changing capabilities for those with reduced motor controls. By using electrodes on the skin (EEG) to record brain waves and then using these brain waves to operate an external robot (e.g. prosthetic arm) to perform actions in exactly the way the user requires, a BMI can be used to bridge a gap in the nervous system that may have been caused by injury or illness.

26 Sep 2015

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