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Allegheny General Hospital Performs Region's First Robotic-Assisted Live Kidney Donor Transplant

A live donor kidney transplant was performed by surgeons in the Allegheny General Hospital assisted by a robotic surgeon arm. The altruistic kidney donor from western Pennsylvania was said to be recovering well after the minimally invasive kidney removal surgery.

10 Jul 2011

Asian Heart Hospital Launches Centre for Robotic Surgeries

Asian Heart Institute inaugurated the first robotic surgical facility in Mumbai, India at the Bandra-Kurla Complex recently, which they named as the Asian Vattikutti centre for robotic surgeries.

8 Jul 2011

Researchers Develop Endoscopic Robot for Scarless Surgery

Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed an endoscopic robot for performing surgeries on patients affected with gastric tumours without the need for hospitalisation.

7 Jul 2011

Realistic Robotic Patient to Revolutionize Dental Schools

Showa Hanako 2 is a dentistry robot that will revolutionize the way students practice dentistry. The life like robotic patient sits in the regular dentist’s chair and gives the users almost the same stress that they would get while working on a human patient.

6 Jul 2011

Anderson High Robotics Team Helps UT Students in Creating Knee Brace

A team of 10 students from the Anderson High Robotics team is working on creating a new knee brace, along with two biomedical engineering students from the University Of Texas (UT) and Dr. Larry Kravitz.

5 Jul 2011

London Designer Exhibits Radically Different Robotic Designs at Design Interactions Show

A London based designer, Kevin Grannan, has designed a robot that looks like a human armpit.

5 Jul 2011

Issaquah Hospital to Implement Centralised Communication System at Swedish Facility

The new Swedish Facility that is being built at the Issaquah Highlands will have centralized communication systems, which would greatly reduce the waiting time at hospital emergency rooms.

1 Jul 2011

Showa University Develops Realistic Robot Dental Patient

Showa University has created a robotic dental patient, named Showa Hanako 2, which is fabricated by Tmsuk.

1 Jul 2011

Roche Unveils Robotic MagNA System to Detect E. Coli Bacterium

Roche Applied Science has introduced the LightCycler Real-Time PCR Instrument and the MagNA Pure Sample Preparation System to streamline the functioning methodology for identifying Escherichia coli (EHEC) bacterium.

30 Jun 2011

PARO Robotics Introduces Interactive Robot at Emeritus Senior Living

Residents at the Emeritus Senior Living were entertained by a robot disguised as a baby harp seal covered with soft white fur, last week. The robot is an interactive PARO robot named Pikitti.

From PARO Robots U.S., Inc. 29 Jun 2011