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NIH Supports Development and Testing of Next-Generation Prosthetic Hand Technology

Work on the design, development and testing of next-generation prosthetic hand technology by a team of researchers from Arizona State University, Mayo Clinic and the Italian Institute of Technology will proceed with support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

28 Oct 2014

Students to Connect with Medtech Leaders over Robotic Competition at MD&M Minneapolis

America's future engineers will connect with world-renown medtech leaders over friendly robotic competition at the Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) Minneapolis Exposition and Conference on October 29-30th at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

27 Oct 2014

VA North Texas Health Care System to Receive Robotic Exoskeleton

SoldierSocks, a non-profit foundation focused on helping veterans, announced today that the VA North Texas Health Care System is the next recipient of an Ekso Bionics™ suit. The Ekso GT™ will help injured veterans walk again at the Dallas VA Medical Center, Spinal Cord Injury Center (SCI), which serves over 900 Veterans with spinal cord injury/disorder including 200 patients with multiple sclerosis in the southwest region.

25 Oct 2014

Hysterectomy via Robotic Surgery Successfully Performed Using Single-Site Wristed Needle Driver

Dwight D. Im, M.D., FACOG, Director of The Gynecologic Oncology Center at Mercy and The National Institute of Robotic Surgery at Mercy in Baltimore, became the first surgeon in the world to successfully perform a minimally-invasive hysterectomy via robotic surgery using the new Single-Site Wristed Needle Driver, developed by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG).

20 Oct 2014

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Places Order for Three Ekso GT Robotic Exoskeletons

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a robotic exoskeleton company, announced today that the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago has ordered three Ekso GT™ robotic exoskeletons for use in general neuro-rehabilitation of patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, and incomplete spinal cord injury.

16 Oct 2014

Robotic Surgery through the Cheek to Treat Epilepsy

For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy means drilling through the skull deep into the brain to destroy the small area where the seizures originate – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period.

16 Oct 2014

Global Market for Medical Robotics and Computer-Assisted Surgical Equipment Projected to Approach $4.6 Billion by 2019

This report identifies and segments the main types of medical robotics and computer-assisted surgery (MRCAS) devices that have been commercialized to date. It analyzes the historical and current volume and value of shipments of each of these product segments in specified applications and geographical markets. It also evaluates the impact of demographic, economic and other factors that will drive future demand for MRCAS devices and includes forecasts through 2019.

15 Oct 2014

New Report on Global Service Robot Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Service Robot Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

10 Oct 2014

Prosthetic System Helps Feel Different Types of Sensation

Even before he lost his right hand to an industrial accident 4 years ago, Igor Spetic had family open his medicine bottles. Cotton balls give him goose bumps.

9 Oct 2014

Robot-Assisted Surgery More Expensive Than Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery for Benign Gynecologic Conditions

For benign gynecologic conditions, robot-assisted surgery involves more complications during surgery and may be significantly more expensive than conventional laparoscopic surgery, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). The results were published online today in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

9 Oct 2014