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IMRIS’ SYMBIS Microsurgical Robot System Receives US Patent Allowance

IMRIS’ SYMBIS Microsurgical Robot System Receives US Patent Allowance

IMRIS Inc. ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced the allowance of a US patent defining the foundational technologies for its SYMBIS™ Surgical System - a minimally invasive and MRI-compatible microsurgical robot system. [More]
Accuray Reports Study Results of Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System

Accuray Reports Study Results of Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System

Accuray Incorporated, announced today the publication of study results involving hundreds of prostate cancer patients treated with the CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System, the most widely used form of prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). [More]
Robotic Kidney Transplantation Gives New Hope to Obese Patients

Robotic Kidney Transplantation Gives New Hope to Obese Patients

Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional "open" transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System. [More]
St. Anthony Hospital Improves Patient Safety with Xenex Robotic UV-C Room Disinfection System

St. Anthony Hospital Improves Patient Safety with Xenex Robotic UV-C Room Disinfection System

St. Anthony Hospital’s newest approach to disinfecting a room looks a little like a science fiction character. [More]
Robotic Hand Recreates Sense of Touch of Real Hand

Robotic Hand Recreates Sense of Touch of Real Hand

In a study recently published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, neurobiologists at the University of Chicago show how an organism can sense a tactile stimulus, in real time, through an artificial sensor in a prosthetic hand. [More]
Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Robot Receives Endorsement in Canary Islands

Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Robot Receives Endorsement in Canary Islands

Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Robot continued on its undeterred path to collect endorsements and customer testimonials from pharmacists all over the world, documenting its unprecedented cost savings and patient safety benefits. [More]
Robot-Assisted Surgery to Remove Kidney Cancers Safer, but Expensive

Robot-Assisted Surgery to Remove Kidney Cancers Safer, but Expensive

Robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancers has seen a rapid increase in use, and has both replaced and proven safer than laparoscopic procedures for the same purpose, according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. [More]
Robotic Cardiology Instrument Navigation Company, Stereotaxis, to Highlight Epoch Results at 34th HRS

Robotic Cardiology Instrument Navigation Company, Stereotaxis, to Highlight Epoch Results at 34th HRS

Stereotaxis, Inc. announced that it will highlight the milestones and clinical results achieved with its cutting-edge Epoch™ platform, as well as preview enhancements to the Epoch suite, at the 34th Annual Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Scientific Sessions, May 8-11, 2013 in Denver, CO. [More]
Quincy Valley Medical Center Demonstrates New Robotic Telestroke Program

Quincy Valley Medical Center Demonstrates New Robotic Telestroke Program

Quincy Valley Medical Center recently held a special training and demonstration event as part of the launch of the hospital's new Robotic Telestroke Program (on May 6, 2013). [More]
Hansen Medical’s Magellan Robotic System to be Exhibited at ESVB Conference

Hansen Medical’s Magellan Robotic System to be Exhibited at ESVB Conference

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that it will be exhibiting its Magellan™ Robotic System at the 8th Annual European Symposium of Vascular Biomaterials (ESVB) from Friday, May 10th to Monday, May 13th at the Strasbourg Hilton in Strasbourg, France. [More]
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