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St. Anthony Hospital Improves Patient Safety with Xenex Robotic UV-C Room Disinfection System

St. Anthony Hospital’s newest approach to disinfecting a room looks a little like a science fiction character.

13 May 2013

Robotic Hand Recreates Sense of Touch of Real Hand

In a study recently published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, neurobiologists at the University of Chicago show how an organism can sense a tactile stimulus, in real time, through an artificial sensor in a prosthetic hand.

10 May 2013

Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Robot Receives Endorsement in Canary Islands

Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Robot continued on its undeterred path to collect endorsements and customer testimonials from pharmacists all over the world, documenting its unprecedented cost savings and patient safety benefits.

10 May 2013

Robot-Assisted Surgery to Remove Kidney Cancers Safer, but Expensive

Robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancers has seen a rapid increase in use, and has both replaced and proven safer than laparoscopic procedures for the same purpose, according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

9 May 2013

Robotic Cardiology Instrument Navigation Company, Stereotaxis, to Highlight Epoch Results at 34th HRS

Stereotaxis, Inc. announced that it will highlight the milestones and clinical results achieved with its cutting-edge Epoch™ platform, as well as preview enhancements to the Epoch suite, at the 34th Annual Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Scientific Sessions, May 8-11, 2013 in Denver, CO.

9 May 2013

Quincy Valley Medical Center Demonstrates New Robotic Telestroke Program

Quincy Valley Medical Center recently held a special training and demonstration event as part of the launch of the hospital's new Robotic Telestroke Program (on May 6, 2013).

9 May 2013

Hansen Medical’s Magellan Robotic System to be Exhibited at ESVB Conference

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that it will be exhibiting its Magellan™ Robotic System at the 8th Annual European Symposium of Vascular Biomaterials (ESVB) from Friday, May 10th to Monday, May 13th at the Strasbourg Hilton in Strasbourg, France.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 8 May 2013

EVA Robot Navigates Hospital on its Own

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, the world's first hospital to introduce a remote-presence robot into its neurological intensive-care unit in 2005, now welcomes the RP-VITA, the first robot able to navigate the hospital on its own.

8 May 2013

Study Compares Outcomes between Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy and ORP

The volume of cases performed at an institution each year has a direct effect on the outcome of surgical procedures, and should always be considered when looking at the benefits of a technique, according to a team of researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

7 May 2013

Three Different Teaching Methods Best for Training in Robotic Surgery

By developing a new way to compare techniques for teaching robotic surgery, doctors at The Methodist Hospital and the University of Southern California report in an upcoming issue of the British Journal of Urology International that surgeons training in robotic surgery learned best when three different teaching methods were used.

7 May 2013