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European Countries Need to Adopt Reimbursement for ICD Home Monitoring, Suggest Suggests

Roughly a decade since the start of telemonitoring capabilities in implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs), the first financial assessment of the impact of home monitored follow-up estimates the cost to physicians, hospitals and insurance providers is the same as traditional in-office monitoring, according to a new study.

2 Sep 2014

ECRI Institute, Hartford Hospital Jointly Launch New Conference on Surgical Robotic Training and Safety

Robotic surgery is creating buzz among the surgical community, patients, and media, both for the promise of improved outcomes and the potential risks to patient safety. The quick deployment of surgical robots and market pressures to use this expensive new technology are prompting facilities to evaluate their robotic surgery training programs and ensure proper education for the entire surgical team.

1 Sep 2014

Modified Rail for Magellan Robotic System Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for a modified rail for the Magellan™ Robotic System, which enables the company to begin commercial introduction of the Magellan™ Transport System.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 28 Aug 2014

Costs of Robot-Assisted Prostate Removal Surgery Decreasing Over Time

A new study reveals that the U.S. has experienced widespread adoption of robot-assisted prostate removal surgery to treat prostate cancer in recent years. The BJU International study also found that while such surgeries are more expensive than traditional surgeries, their costs are decreasing over time.

26 Aug 2014

Space-Inspired Robotic Surgical Arm for Delicate Pediatric Specialties

Children love robots. In all shapes, sizes, "personalities" and "smarts," these electronic wonders have been found under Christmas trees by kids and unwrapped on birthdays for years.

25 Aug 2014

Mazor Robotics’ Renaissance Guidance System Improves Reliability of Screw Placement in Surgeries

Utilization of Mazor Robotics Renaissance®Guidance System provides greater reliability in screw placement and reduced use of fluoroscopy, according to a prospective study published in the current issue of Turkish Neurosurgery.

22 Aug 2014

FDA Clears Intuitive Surgical’s Firefly Fluorescence Imaging for da Vinci Xi Surgical System

Intuitive Surgical, Inc., the global leader in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, today announced the FDA clearance of Firefly Fluorescence Imaging for the da Vinci® Xi™ Surgical System, which provides surgeons with enhanced visualization during minimally invasive surgical procedures.

From Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 22 Aug 2014

Lockheed Martin Receives Contract to Evaluate and Test Two FORTIS Exoskeletons

Lockheed Martin has received a contract through the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) for the U.S. Navy to evaluate and test two FORTIS exoskeletons. This marks the first procurement of Lockheed Martin's exoskeletons for industrial use. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 19 Aug 2014

Two Hospitals in Liberia Deploy Germ-Killing Robots to Deal Ebola Virus

Two 5-foot-5 superbug-slaying machines were deployed from the United States yesterday en route to JFK Hospital and ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Republic of Liberia, where they will aid in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus outbreak.

19 Aug 2014

New Set of Rules for 21st Century Care Robots

Isaac Asimov famously devised three laws of robotics that underpinned a number of his science fiction books and short stories, Professor Tom Sorell of the University of Warwick has helped develop a new set of rules that they believe will be needed for 21st century care robots.

18 Aug 2014