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Reha to Install First G-EO Robotic-Assisted Neurorehabilitation System in India

Reha Technology AG will be installing the first G-EO System unit in India with Dr. Zameer Jafri at the Max Balaji Super Specialty Healthcare in New Delhi and is launching direct operations in India.

15 Nov 2013

Hansen Medical to Showcase Magellan Robotic System at 40th Annual VEITHsymposium

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at the 40th Annual VEITHsymposium™ from November 19th-23rd at the Hilton New York in New York City. The Company will be conducting product demonstrations and exhibiting the Magellan Robotic System at Booth 201.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 15 Nov 2013

Mind-Controlled Robots Hold Potential in Medicine, Manufacturing Fields

Worried that machines will someday control the human race? If so, relax.

14 Nov 2013

Researchers Endeavor to Develop Brain-Computer Interface for Spring-Assisted Leg Exoskeleton

What if certain patients could get a bionic pick-up without undergoing the pain and lengthy recovery of surgery? University of Cincinnati researchers are working on just that idea, with the start of an exoskeleton to support people who – through age or injury – are limited in their movement.

13 Nov 2013

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute Procures Mazor Robotics’ Renaissance System

Mazor Robotics Ltd., the developer of Renaissance™, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, announced today that Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute, located in Ft. Pierce, FL, has purchased its first Renaissance system.

From Medtronic 12 Nov 2013

CWRU Team Receives NIH Grant to Develop MRI-Guided Robotic Heart Catheter

In a matter of years, a doctor may see real-time images of a patient’s beating heart and steer a robotic catheter through its chambers using the push and pull of magnetic fields while the patient lies inside a magnetic resonance imager.

12 Nov 2013

Technological Advances Dramatically Improve Viability of Robotic Prostheses

Recent advances in robotics technology make it possible to create prosthetics that can duplicate the natural movement of human legs. This capability promises to dramatically improve the mobility of lower-limb amputees, allowing them to negotiate stairs and slopes and uneven ground, significantly reducing their risk of falling as well as reducing stress on the rest of their bodies.

8 Nov 2013

Rethink Robotics Partners with Nihon Binary to Distribute Baxter Research Robot in Japan

Rethink Robotics today announced it has expanded the distribution of its Baxter Research Robot into the Asian market by signing an exclusive partnership with Nihon Binary, a leading robotics and technology supplier, to distribute the revolutionary humanoid research robot in Japan.

8 Nov 2013

Endomicroscopy with Cellvizio Successfully Used in Patients Treated With Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

Mauna Kea Technologies announced today that Joseph C. Liao MD, associate professor of urology, Stanford University, has successfully used endomicroscopy with Cellvizio for the first time in eight patients treated with robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) procedures. Results were presented in a poster presentation at the 2013 World Congress of Endourology Meeting in New Orleans in October where the procedure was also named “Best New Innovation.”

7 Nov 2013

Mazor Robotics Closes Public Offering of American Depositary Shares

Mazor Robotics Ltd., (the “Company”) the developer of Renaissance™, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, announced today the closing of its previously announced public offering of 2,760,000 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), including ADSs issued pursuant to the underwriters option to purchase additional shares, at a price of $17.00 per ADS, bringing total gross proceeds from the offering to $46,920,000, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

From Medtronic 7 Nov 2013