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Sensory-Enhanced Prosthetic Hand Surgically Wired to Nerves of Amputee

Dennis Aabo Sørensen is the first amputee in the world to feel sensory rich information – in realtime – with a prosthetic hand wired to nerves in his upper arm. Sørensen could grasp objects intuitively and identify what he was touching while blindfolded.

6 Feb 2014

Health Robotics Announces Upcoming Schedule for Additional Regional Events

Health Robotics announced its upcoming schedule for additional regional events, [http://www.health-robotics.com/en/about-health-robotics/events/] inviting interested pharmacy professionals to visit the company’s Second Generation solutions at symposia in Albany [NY] and Houston [TX], to network with their peers and Health Robotics’ distributor’s personnel at the New York Pharmacy Technology Summit [March 21], and the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists [April 11-12], including setting up site visits to hospital peers utilizing Health Robotics’ solutions.

5 Feb 2014

New Report on Asia-Pacific Image-Guided Surgery and Robot-Assisted Surgery Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Image-guided Surgery and Robot-assisted Surgery Market in Asia-Pacific

4 Feb 2014

Westside Surgical Hospital Acquires Second Renaissance System from Mazor Robotics

Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of innovative guidance systems and complementary products, announced today that it has sold a second Renaissance system to Westside Surgical Hospital located in Houston, Texas.

From Medtronic 4 Feb 2014

Robotic Painting Arm Could Assist Surgeons in Surgeries

Would you let an artist perform life-saving surgery on you?
You might someday, if the artist is a painting robot.

4 Feb 2014

International Surgical Robot Device Market Forecast to Reach $19.96 Billion by 2019

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Concise Analysis on the International Surgical Robot Market - Forecasts to 2019" to their offering.

3 Feb 2014

Robotic Surgery Used to Treat Infective Endocarditis

A potentially fatal bacterial disease of the heart, infective endocarditis frequently affects the heart's tricuspid valve, often resulting in permanent tissue damage. But a reconstructive technique, in which the valve is repaired with a bioscaffold on which new tissue can grow, can give some patients a new lease on life—a lease that has been extended to patients at Temple University Hospital, in Philadelphia, thanks to the pioneering work of T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Surgery, Section Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery, and Chief of Robotics at Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM).

28 Jan 2014

Global Robotic Surgery Market Forecast to Grow at 11.65% CAGR over the Period 2013-2018

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Robotic Surgery Market 2014-2018

24 Jan 2014

Magellan Robotic System to be Showcased at European CACVS & LINC Meetings

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at two upcoming interventional meetings in Europe. Hansen will be exhibiting Magellan at Booth 25 for the Controversies and Updates in Vascular Surgery (CACVS) Meeting in Paris, France from January 23 - 25; and at Booth 4 for the Leipzig Interventional Course (LINC) in Leipzig, Germany from January 28 - 31.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 24 Jan 2014

Laboratory Automation Conference 2014: Arrayit Highlights Advanced Robotic Microarray Technology

Arrayit Corporation, a life sciences and molecular diagnostics leader, is currently showcasing the company's advanced robotic systems for microarray printing and scanning at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Conference in San Diego, California, USA from January 18-22, 2014.

22 Jan 2014