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Robotic-Assisted Lung Surgery Associated With Significantly Lower Death Rates

A new study comparing open surgery, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), and robotic-assisted surgery to remove diseased lung tissue found that robotic-assisted surgery is associated with significantly lower death rates, lower overall complication rates, and shorter hospital stays compared with open surgery. Researchers also concluded that robotic-assisted surgery is an appropriate alternative to VATS.

From Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 6 Nov 2013

Corindus Vascular Robotics Presents Live Robotic-Assisted Coronary Angioplasty During TCT Conference

Corindus Vascular Robotics the leader in precision vascular robotics, presented a live percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or coronary angioplasty, during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference on Oct. 29.

4 Nov 2013

Ground-breaking Project to Create New Generation of Cardiac Surgery Robots

A ground breaking project in Poland to create a new generation of advanced cardiac surgery robots is utilising the latest in portable analysers to improve electrical safety testing during product development.

From Rigel Medical 1 Nov 2013

New CorPath One Stent Program Launched by Corindus Vascular Robotics

Corindus Vascular Robotics, a leading provider of precision medical robotics, today announced the launch of its CorPath One Stent Program. The goal of the program is to raise awareness of the potential to decrease longitudinal geographic miss (LGM) caused by sub-optimal stent placement, as well as the patient safety and financial benefits that can result from using the CorPath Vascular Robotic System to place just one stent per lesion in coronary angioplasty procedures.

31 Oct 2013

Research to Study Benefits of Robots for Assisting People with Disabilities as They Age

Imagine the obstacles a blind person who relies on sound will face if he loses his hearing as he ages. Or the difficulty a long-term wheelchair user will confront as she develops arthritis in her shoulders with age.

31 Oct 2013

New Electrical and Computer Engineering High Performance Cluster Can Direct Rescue Robots

Four University of Wyoming professors have developed an Electrical and Computer Engineering High Performance Cluster (ECE-HPC) -- on which they have created computing applications ranging from directing rescue robots through burning buildings to allowing physical therapists to monitor their patients’ recovery in real time and from remote locations.

30 Oct 2013

Hansen Medical's Magellan Robotic System to be Utilized in Live EVAR Case at TCT Conference

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that Dr. Barry Katzen, founder and Medical Director of Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute (Baptist Hospital of Miami), is scheduled to utilize the Magellan™ Robotic System in a live endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) case at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in the Main Arena II at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, October 30th at 2:30 PM ET.

29 Oct 2013

Grant to Provide Complementary Situational Awareness for Surgical Robots

Providing surgical robots with a new kind of machine intelligence that significantly extends their capabilities and makes them much easier and more intuitive for surgeons to operate is the goal of a major new grant announced as part of the National Robotics Initiative.

28 Oct 2013

Researchers Measure Ankle Stiffness Using ‘Anklebot’ Robot

For most healthy bipeds, the act of walking is seldom given a second thought: One foot follows the other, and the rest of the body falls in line, supported by a system of muscle, tendon, and bones.

28 Oct 2013