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Automated Medicine Dispensing Systems from Medbox Reduce Medication Errors

Medbox, Inc. commented today on how their automated medicine dispensing systems help both nurses and pharmacists in hospital settings.

12 Oct 2012

Stroke Rehabilitation Robot Granted Worldwide Patent

Robotherapist 3D, a robot which aids stroke patients' recovery, is to be brought to market by its worldwide patent holder, a spin-off company from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Alicante, Spain).

10 Oct 2012

Huntington Memorial Hospital Offers Ekso Robotic Suit to Improve Life Quality of Paralytic Patients

Huntington Memorial Hospital announced today that it has become the first hospital in Southern California – and only the third in the 11 western states – to offer an incredible new technology that enables people with lower-extremity paralysis or weakness to stand and walk.

9 Oct 2012

Hansen Medical to Showcase Magellan Robotic System at VIVA 2012 Conference

Hansen Medical, a global leader in intravascular robotics and the developer of robotic technology for accurate 3D control of catheter movement, today announced it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at the Vascular InterVentional Advances (VIVA) conference, from October 9-12 at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 9 Oct 2012

Stereotaxis Receives Additional Orders for Niobe ES Remote Magnetic Navigation System

Stereotaxis, today announced that for the second consecutive quarter it has secured orders from hospitals looking to advance robotic research and support procedure growth through installation of a second Niobe® ES system.

6 Oct 2012

Apollo Hospitals Debuts Renaissance Robotic Technology in Asia Pacific for Spine Surgery

Apollo Hospitals performed a complex spinal surgery on a 10-year-old child. This was the 12th successful surgery done within 10 days of the launch of Renaissance Robotic Technology - the only technology specifically designed for spine surgery. Apollo Hospitals Group is the first in the Asia-Pacific to offer this surgical guidance system, which is a minimally-invasive robotic-guided spine surgery.

6 Oct 2012

Robotic-Assisted and Minimally Invasive Procedures May Improve Quality of Life

Advanced surgical techniques such as robotic-assisted operations and minimally invasive surgical procedures may extend survival and improve recovery in octogenarians with bladder and colorectal cancers when compared with patients who undergo conventional open operations according to two new studies presented at the 2012 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

4 Oct 2012

Robot-Assisted Hysterectomy and Partial Nephrectomy on ORLive

ORLive, BroadcastMed’s premier surgical broadcasting website, is highlighting two upcoming robotic surgery events from Shawnee Mission Medical Center - a leader in robotic surgery.

4 Oct 2012

Study Confirms Effectiveness of Smartphone Technology in Telemedicine Applications

A new Mayo Clinic study confirms the use of smartphones medical images to evaluate stroke patients in remote locations through telemedicine. The study, the first to test the effectiveness of smartphone teleradiology applications in a real-world telestroke network, was recently published in Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association.

3 Oct 2012

RxMedic Signs Preferred Business Partner Agreement with HBS

RxMedic Systems, a leading manufacturer of automated dispensing solutions for pharmacies, and Health Business Systems (HBS), a market leader in pharmacy software systems, today announced the signing of a preferred business partner agreement.

3 Oct 2012