When amputees receive powered prosthetic legs, the power of the prosthetic limbs needs to be tuned by a prosthetics expert so that a patient can move normally - but the prosthetic often needs repeated re-tuning. Biomedical engineering researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have now developed software that allows powered prosthetics to tune themselves automatically, making the devices more functionally useful and lowering the costs associated with powered prosthetic use.
Novel brain-computer interface technology created by University of California, Irvine researchers has allowed a paraplegic man to walk for a short distance.
MEDTECH, a company specialized in designing, developing and marketing innovative surgical assistance robots, is proud to announce that it will highlight its ROSA™ robotic surgery system at the 2015 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans (USA) from September 28 to 30, 2015.
EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, today provided an update on the growing momentum being experienced by HIFU technology in the European market, in particular the rapidly increasing interest in the use of focal therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer.
Mazor Robotics Renaissance® Guidance System will be featured in a Live Surgery presentation entitled, "Spine: Robotics-guided MIS TLIF" at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The surgery will be performed live by Hunaldo J. Villalobos, MD, FACS, in Orlando, Florida, and broadcast into the exhibit area from 11:45 am – 12:15 pm on Tuesday, September 29.
Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs) are a promising and expanding branch of robotics that has life-changing capabilities for those with reduced motor controls. By using electrodes on the skin (EEG) to record brain waves and then using these brain waves to operate an external robot (e.g. prosthetic arm) to perform actions in exactly the way the user requires, a BMI can be used to bridge a gap in the nervous system that may have been caused by injury or illness.
Stereotaxis, Inc., a global leader in innovative technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, today announced the first procedures performed in the U.S. with its Vmotion suite of automation features.
Virtual Incision Corporation, a company developing advanced robotically assisted surgical devices, is pleased to announce that it has received a 2015 Game Changer Award from Robotics Business Review in the Medical and Surgical category for its first-of-its-kind miniaturized robot for general surgery procedures.
WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Surgical Robots: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015 to 2021.
Outside of sci-fi, the idea of donning a bionic suit, rocketing into the sky, and saving the world hasn't quite gotten off the ground; however, two new grants totaling $500,209 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help researchers at the University of Pittsburgh make great strides in helping paraplegics walk while wearing a mechanical exoskeleton.
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