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Wyss Institute Enters Collaboration with ReWalk Robotics

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has entered into a collaboration with ReWalk Robotics Ltd., to accelerate the development of the Institute’s lightweight, wearable soft exosuit technologies for assisting people with lower limb disabilities.

18 May 2016

Flexible Exosuit Reduces Energy Cost during Loaded Walking

Harvard University researchers have invented a new flexible exosuit, which lowered the energy expenditure of walking while carrying heavy weight, according to the proof-of-principle study featured in the open access Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

16 May 2016

New Robotic Legs Could Help Patients Move Hands-Free

These legs are the only design available that allow people to move about ‘hands-free’. This means they can use their hands for the activities of daily life, like making a cup of tea while upright. The Kent study in the School of Engineering and Digital Arts (EDA), will examine the impact of these simple freedoms on the patient, both physically and mentally.

13 May 2016

Insect-Inspired Robots, Drones and Bionics to be Exhibited in Robot Zone at Imperial Festival

Insect-inspired robots, drones that go where no humans can and eye-controlled wheelchairs are just some of the exhibits in the Robot Zone.

6 May 2016

Supervised Autonomous Robot Can Effectively Perform Soft Tissue Surgery

Putting surgery one step closer into the realm of self-driving cars and intelligent machines, researchers show for the first time that a supervised autonomous robot can successfully perform soft tissue surgery.

5 May 2016

Johns Hopkins Computer Scientist Programs Robotic Arm for Soft Tissue Surgery

Not even the surest surgeon’s hand is quite as steady and consistent as a robotic arm built of metal and plastic, programmed to perform the same motions over and over. So could it handle the slippery stuff of soft tissues during a surgery?

5 May 2016

Study Shows Feasibility of Performing Robotically Assisted PCI on Patients with Complex Coronary Lesions

A first-of-its kind study using robotic technology to remotely control coronary guidewires and stents reported on the feasibility of performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on patients with complex coronary lesions.

5 May 2016

Surgeons Show Supervised, Autonomous In Vivo Robotic Soft Tissue Surgery Feasible in Open Surgical Setting

Surgeons and scientists from Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health System are the first to demonstrate that supervised, autonomous robotic soft tissue surgery on a live subject (in vivo) in an open surgical setting is feasible and outperforms standard clinical techniques in a dynamic clinical environment.

5 May 2016

Iperia ProMRI HF-T Cardiac Resynchronization Defibrillator Gets FDA Approval

BIOTRONIK, a leader in cardio- and endovascular medical technology, today announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Iperia ProMRI HF-T, a cardiac resynchronization defibrillator that provides heart failure patients with access to diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

4 May 2016

Scientists Successfully Implant Prosthesis to Restore Central Vision in AMD Patients

Scientists have successfully implanted a prosthesis that restores some central vision in patients with only limited peripheral vision remaining to them – the first time artificial and natural vision has ever been integrated in humans.

4 May 2016