Orthopedic surgeons at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center are utilizing the RIO Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System to carry out partial knee replacement procedures for preliminary to middle stage osteoarthritis patients.
At the Humanoids 2010 conference held in Nashville this week a paper was presented on robotic help in ERs (emergency rooms) by author Mitch Wilkes, titled,"Heterogeneous Artificial Agents for Triage Nurse Assistance". Wilkes is the associate director of the Center for Intelligent Systems and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University.
In an inspiring example of a disabled person helping others, there is Amit Goffer, an Israeli entrepreneur, paralysed in a car crash over 10 years ago, who has invented robotic trousers that can help paraplegics walk again.
Hansen Medical, global leader in developing robotics for precise 3D control of catheter motion, has declared the inauguration of its European headquarters in London.
A group of surgeons headed by Dr. Inderbir Gill, Founding Director of the USC Institute of Urology, have carried out the first ever robotic kidney surgeries at the USC Keck School of Medicine.
CareFusion has announced that it will display its Pyxis dispensing technologies, Pyxis Point of Care verification, Alaris infusion technologies and PHACTS products, at the 45th Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), California between 6 and 8 December 2010.
Ziehm Imaging has released a SmartVascular software, which offers a simple and efficient imaging solution in vascular surgery.
Accuray, provider of radiosurgery systems, announced recently that its CyberKnife VSI System is receiving the 2010 Minnie for Best New Radiology Device award from AuntMinnie.com, the comprehensive community internet site for radiologists and related professionals in the medical imaging industry.
Fenwal has claimed that in a trial of its Autopheresis-C software, the latest automated plasma and blood collection system, blood donors and plasma-center experts had experienced quick and improvised plasma contribution and collection.
The Lavale village’s hi-tech cancer hospital in Pune, which is under development, will get a robot for robotic surgeries in order to reduce time and eliminate human errors. This is the second robot to have arrived in Pune city.
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