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A Milestone in CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery

Accuray Incorporated has declared that its CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery, a non-invasive robotic technique for treating tumors has been utilized to treat the 100,000th cancer patient.

12 Oct 2010

UT Southwestern Surgeons Perform Robot-Assisted Kidney Repair Surgery

Surgeons at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, North Texas have performed the region’s first robotic surgery for kidney repair via a single-incision.

7 Oct 2010

Bambino Gesu Patient Undergoes World’s First Robotic Heart Transplantation

Dr. Antonio Amodeo of Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome has performed the world’s first robotic heart transplantation surgery for an Italian boy. Since the patient was suffering from Duchenne's syndrome, the surgeons could not perform the conventional heart transplantation.

7 Oct 2010

Wynn Las Vegas to Feature International Robotic Urology Symposium 2011

International Robotic Urology Symposium, the largest conference for medical robotics, will be hosted by the Henry Ford Vattikuti Urology Institute and the Vattikuti Foundation at Wynn Las Vegas from January 13 to 16 2011.

5 Oct 2010

Robotic Surgeon Clarifies about Uterine Fibroids Treatment

Dr. Ramin Mirhashemi of Gynecological Oncology Associates has discussed the benefits of the da Vinci robotic surgery in treating uterine fibroids. It was reported that more than 30% of women in America are affected by this disease.

30 Sep 2010

TU-e Researcher Develops New Surgical Robot

Linda van den Bedem and her technical team from Eindhoven University have created a surgical robot called ‘Sofie’ which works on the principle of 'force feedback' for helping the surgeon to sense various actions performed during the surgery like pulling the sutures, making incisions etc.

30 Sep 2010