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Denver Hospital Launches Robotics Institute

The next time you get wheeled in for surgery in Denver a robot may be performing some surgical procedures on you. Robotic surgery is no longer what you read about in science fiction stories but a daily fact for the Porter Adventist Hospital situated in Denver. The hospital has been building a comprehensive team of surgeons and staff who are well equipped to usher in the age of robotic surgery.

3 May 2011

CORBYS Project Develops Robots to Help People with Damaged Limbs to Walk

Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire are incorporating cognitive skills into a new robot, which is to help people who have damaged limbs to walk again.

30 Apr 2011

Benefits of Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy Still Uncertain

Statistics indicate that every year over 180,000 men have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which is one of the most common cancer diseases in the country.

29 Apr 2011

Robotics Experts Meet in Pune: National Symposium

A number of research and development professionals in the field of robotics are meeting for a two day national symposium in Dighi, Pune.

28 Apr 2011

Prosthetic Hand Invented by Iowa Girl Scouts Wins Global Innovation Award

A group of Girl Scouts consisting of girls from the age group of 11-13 years, called the Flying Monkeys who were from Ames in Iowa, have developed a prosthetic hand for helping a three year old girl child to write.

28 Apr 2011

Cancer Centers in US and Switzerland Utilize Protura Robotic Patient Positioning and UCT Systems

The Universal Couchtop (UCT) and Protura Robotic Patient Positioning System, developed by CIVCO Medical Solutions, have been installed in the Zurich University in Switzerland and in the Moores Cancer Center in San Diego in the US, two top cancer centers for clinical use.

28 Apr 2011

Service Agreement Signed by Titan Medical and SenseGraphics

Titan Medical has declared that it has entered into a service agreement with the leader in haptic and three-dimensional software simulation, SenseGraphics.

27 Apr 2011

Neurosurgeon Performs Brain Surgery Using Robotic Technology

For the first time, a neurosurgeon in Quebec has completed a procedure by removing a brain tumor from a patient, utilizing a three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging and a robotic arm. Dr. David Fortin performed the innovative surgery at the Sherbrooke University Hospital last fall.

27 Apr 2011

Royal Philips Buys Minority Stake in Corindus Vascular Robotics

Royal Philips Electronics has bought a minority stake in the Natick based private company Corindus Vascular Robotics. Corindus is a startup company that makes an experimental robot that places stents, balloon catheters and coronary guidewires. The Dutch company hopes to collaborate with Corindus to use the minimally invasive robots in its on cardiology related products.

25 Apr 2011

Remotely Operated Robotic Intubation Performed at the Montreal General Hospital

Dr Thomas M Hemmerling from the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) who is also a Professor of Anesthesia along with his team members has developed a new intubation robotic system called Kepler Intubation System (KIS).

25 Apr 2011