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EDAP Launches Robotic HIFU Device for Prostate Cancer Therapy

EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today the launch of Focal.One®, its new and innovative robotic HIFU device fully dedicated to focal therapy of prostate cancer.

15 Mar 2013

Novel Curriculum Provides Safe Training on da Vinci Robotic Surgical System

15 Mar 2013

Restoration Robotics’ ARTAS System Installed at Mosaic Clinic in Houston, Texas

Restoration Robotics, Inc. today announced the installation of its revolutionary ARTAS® System at the Mosaic Clinic in Houston, Texas. Dr. Rashid is one of the few Hair Physicians in the country to hold both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees and an enhanced background in research.

14 Mar 2013

Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System Offers 98.9% Implant Accuracy

A study recently published in European Spine Journal concluded 98.9 percent accuracy when implanting pedicle screws using Mazor Robotics Renaissance™ Guidance System in a study group of 101 consecutive cases performed by Dr. Isador Lieberman of Texas Back Institute. 1 Ninety percent of the sample group had severe deformity and/or previous spine surgery that failed to correct the condition.

14 Mar 2013

Simulation-Based Robotic Surgery Training Curriculum Found Effective

Researchers from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and four collaborating institutions have evaluated the effectiveness of a novel curriculum to safely train surgeons on the da Vinci Surgical System, which is used to perform robot-assisted surgeries. Results, published in Urology, showed that participants trained in the curriculum executed key skills with greater precision than those who did not receive training.

13 Mar 2013

Hong Kong Adventist Oncology Center Offers CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery and TomoTherapy

Accuray Incorporated, announced today that Hong Kong Adventist Oncology Center, the first center locally to offer both the CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery and TomoTherapy® Systems, hosted its official opening ceremony last week.

From Accuray Incorporated 12 Mar 2013

Fleet of Social Robots to Interact with Pediatric Patients

Introducing a fleet of social robots in a hospital, so that they can interact with children affected by cancer, will be the final outcome of a new international research project that Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) is participating in.

12 Mar 2013

Mazor Robotics Reports First Australian Order for Renaissance Surgical Guidance System

Mazor Robotics Ltd., the developer of Renaissance™, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, today announced that LifeHealthcare, the Company’s distribution and marketing partner in Australia, has ordered its first Renaissance system.

From MAZOR Robotics Inc. 11 Mar 2013

Middle Schoolers to View InTouch Health RP-7i Robot at Brainworks Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

A robotic assistant will be a special guest at the March 11 Brainworks program for 130 seventh- and eighth-graders. Dependable, focused and able to perform tasks at any time, 24 hours a day, “Robot-Doc” has become a key member of the Neuroscience Critical Care Unit.

8 Mar 2013

Researchers Develop Mind-Controlled Robotic Exoskeleton for Disabled People

Every year thousands of people in Europe are paralysed by a spinal cord injury. Many are young adults, facing the rest of their lives confined to a wheelchair. Although no medical cure currently exists, in the future they could be able to walk again thanks to a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton being developed by EU-funded researchers.

8 Mar 2013