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Lankenau Heart Institute's Cardiac Surgery Chief Completes 1000th Robotic CABG

Lankenau Heart Institute's chief of Cardiac Surgery, Francis Sutter, M.D., recently completed his 1000th coronary artery bypass (CABG) procedure using the da Vinci Surgical System, giving one PA resident his heart back for the holidays. Dr. Sutter has performed more robotic CABGs than any other U.S. surgeon.

17 Dec 2013

Researchers Test Enhanced Pediatric Version of Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton

Watch a very young infant for a few minutes and you’ll see a lot of what looks like random arm flapping.

17 Dec 2013

New Robotic Trolley System Provides Added Security for Recovering Stroke Patients

The risk and fear of falling often affects patients who are recovering from a stroke, spinal cord or brain injury, and orthopaedic injuries, and that fear may inhibit their progress in rehabilitation. The University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute is offering a new robotic trolley system providing patients added security and allowing them to overcome that fear, thereby maximizing benefit from therapy.

15 Dec 2013

InTouch® Telemedicine System Powering 550 TeleStroke Enabled Hospitals

InTouch Health today announced that more than 815 U.S. hospitals have now selected the InTouch® Telemedicine System to power their Acute Care Telemedicine (ACT) clinical services bringing the total installed base to nearly 15% of all U.S. hospital locations.

11 Dec 2013

Xenex’s Disinfection Robots Unveiled by White Plains Hospital at a Futuristic Technology Show

In the latest show of futuristic technology, White Plains Hospital today unveiled robots that it is using to pulverize potentially lethal germs in its rooms. In introducing the space-aged R2-D2 look-a-likes, White Plains Hospital becomes one of the first hospitals in Westchester County to tap into a technology that uses pulsed xenon ultraviolet light to destroy bacteria, viruses, mold and other pathogens.

11 Dec 2013

Mazor Robotics Announces Southeastern US Hospital Purchases its First Renaissance System

Mazor Robotics Ltd., the developer of Renaissance™, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, announced today that a hospital in the southeastern United States has purchased its first Renaissance system.

From Medtronic 11 Dec 2013

RIVA Fully Automated Compounding System Reaches Milestone of 2 Million Medication Doses

Intelligent Hospital Systems (IH Systems), maker of the RIVA pharmacy IV compounding system, today announced its technology has safely and accurately prepared more than 2 million medication doses globally since its introduction in 2008.

5 Dec 2013

TV Debut "How to Build a Bionic Man" Documentary Wins British Film Award

The story of the bionic man with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart has become an award-winning documentary that is making the rounds on television worldwide.

4 Dec 2013

Robotic Arm for Precise Insertion of Needles and Catheters in Minimally Invasive Surgery

Researchers at the UPM are involved in the design of a robotic arm for precise guidance of the insertion of needles, catheters and surgical instruments in procedures of minimally invasive surgery.

3 Dec 2013

Transmedic Places Order for Mazor Robotics’ Renaissance Surgical Guidance System

Mazor Robotics Ltd., the developer of Renaissance™, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, announced today that it has received an order for a Renaissance system from Transmedic Pte Ltd., its distribution partner in Southeast Asia. The purchase of the system by Transmedic is another step in Mazors’ footprint expansion and momentum throughout the Asia Pacific region.

From Medtronic 3 Dec 2013