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Non-Invasive Robotic Device Delivers Radiotherapy for Eye Disease

The radiotherapy is delivered by a non-invasive robotic device called IRay® Radiotherapy System which uses low-level radiation, similar to a dental x-ray. Patients treated with the IRay device sit at the machine with their chin on a chin rest.

28 Nov 2012

Children with DCD Develop Motor Skills Using a Robot and 3D Virtual Reality Device

An Indiana University study in the Journal of Child Neurology proposes an innovative treatment for developmental coordination disorder, a potentially debilitating neurological disorder in which the development of a child's fine or gross motor skills, or both, is impaired.

27 Nov 2012

Intravascular Robotics Provider Hansen Medical to Participate at Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference

Hansen Medical, Inc, a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that President and CEO, Bruce Barclay, is scheduled to present at the 24th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference. The conference is being held November 27-28, 2012, at the New York Palace Hotel, in New York, NY. Hansen Medical is scheduled to present on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 22 Nov 2012

Health Robotics Announces ASHP Mid-Year Plans

Health Robotics today disclosed its ASHP Mid-Year plans to emphasize its superior solutions for Health-Systems to deal with the recent industry problems due to outsourced sterile compounding company closures, shortages and safety risks, together with its unparalleled advances in Oncology Sterile Compounding at the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting & Exhibition, to be held in Las Vegas on 2-5 December 2012 (Booth 853).

20 Nov 2012

Innovative Robotic Technique Better Tracks Tumor Motion for Precise Radiation

Medical physicists at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center are one step closer to bringing a new tumor-tracking technique into the clinic that delivers higher levels of radiation to moving tumors, while sparing healthy tissue in lung cancer patients.

20 Nov 2012