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Robot Allows Specialists to Interact with Hospital Staff and Patients

Carteret General Hospital has collaborated with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to launch a telestroke robot, Riley that would help expert doctors in rendering treatment to patients present in remote locations.

7 Mar 2011

Health Robotics Terminates Exclusive CytoCare Distribution and Services Contract with McKesson

Health Robotics, a leading supplier of life-critical intra-venous medication robots, announced that it has issued notice to McKesson for termination for cause of their exclusive CytoCare distribution and services contract in North America.

7 Mar 2011

Amigo Robot Displays Image of Patient's Heart and Chambers

Valley Health's Clinical Research department recently tested a robotic device designed to help doctors in treating heart arrhythmia patients.

7 Mar 2011

Surgical Robot to Help Students Practice Precise Surgical Movements

California-based company, Intuitive Surgical, introduces a new surgical robot for helping doctors to handle minute surgical instruments with high precision.

5 Mar 2011

Focus on Robotic Technologies in Israel

Israel has become a focal point for robotic technologies with many novel solutions and firsts in agriculture, medicine, defense and security.

3 Mar 2011

Therapeutic Baby Robot to Stimulate Emotional Responses in Patients

Japanese inventor, Kanou Masayoshi, has designed a therapeutic baby-bot to help Japan’s elderly, fight symptoms of depression.

3 Mar 2011

Snake Robots to Help Surgeons Perform Minimally Invasive Surgery

During the 11th installment of the Project Olympus, held on February 22, 2011 at Carnegie Mellon University, applications implementing robotics, next generation commerce and e-learning were showcased.

3 Mar 2011

Presbyterian’s First Robotic Surgery Conducted Using da Vinci Robot

A team of 10 newly trained surgeons at the Presbyterian Hospital will perform a robotic surgery on Channing Huser, under the supervision of Karen Finkelstein.

3 Mar 2011

Barnes-Jewish Hospitals to Use Robotically Assisted Surgery in New Applications

Most Hospitals primarily use robotically assisted surgery in either gynecology or urology. However, the Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital are making use of robotically assisted surgery in thoracic surgeries, Whipple procedure for pancreatic Surgery, head & neck cancers and colorectal cancers.

3 Mar 2011

Doctor’s Proficiency Key Aspect of Successful Robotic Surgery

According to a new study, it has been observed that robotic prostate cancer surgeries can be carried out by only those surgeons who have performed the procedure for more than 1,600 times.

25 Feb 2011