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Marketsandmarkets Adds Report on Medical Robot Market

The new report, "Medical Robot Market by Type (Surgical Robot, Rehabilitation Robotics, Telemedicine, Assistive Robots, Orthotics, Prosthetics, Radio Surgery, Exoskeleton) & Application (Orthopedic, Neurology, Laparoscopy) - Global Forecasts to 2018", analyzes and studies the major market drivers and restraints in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Rest of the World.

12 Mar 2014

Pediatric Urology Robotics Hands-on Course Held at Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital

Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital hosted the 3rd annual Pediatric Urology Robotics Hands-on Course, held March 8 and 9. Sponsored by Intuitive Surgical, it was the first time this national training course had been held in Houston and the Texas Medical Center. For more information about the course, visit texaschildrens.org and mitietexas.com.

11 Mar 2014

Minimally Invasive Devices Releases Robotic FloShield for Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery

Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc., an Ohio-based, venture-backed medical device company that specializes in optimizing the surgeon's vision during laparoscopic surgery, today announced the commercial release of Robotic FloShield™, designed specifically to be compatible with the da Vinci Surgical System for robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery.

11 Mar 2014

Georgia Tech Creates Robotic Drumming Prosthesis

Professor Gil Weinberg has already built a band of robotic musicians in his Georgia Tech lab. Now he’s created a robot that can be attached to amputees, allowing its technology to be embedded into humans. The robotic drumming prosthesis has motors that power two drumsticks. The first stick is controlled both physically by the musicians’ arms and electronically using electromyography (EMG) muscle sensors. The other stick “listens” to the music being played and improvises.

6 Mar 2014

Parker Formalizes Clinical Trial Agreements for Testing and Development of Indego Exoskeleton

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that it has entered into clinical trial agreements with four of the top ranked rehabilitation institutions in the United States to support the testing and development of the Indego® exoskeleton.

From Parker Hannifin Corp. 5 Mar 2014

Mazor Robotics Announced that Georgia Hospital Ordered Renaissance System

Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of innovative guidance systems and complementary products, announced today that a hospital in Georgia, USA placed an order for its first Renaissance system.

From Medtronic 4 Mar 2014

SILVER Project Reveals Aged Willing to Use Aids for Activities of Daily Living

Towards the end of last year studies were conducted in the Netherlands and Sweden as part of the international Iron Arm project, which is an element of the European Commission's SILVER project (Supporting Independent LiVing for the Elderly through Robotics). These studies aimed to clarify how elderly people with and without functional disabilities affecting hands or arms felt about using aids in everyday life.

3 Mar 2014

Medical Robotics News

Marketsandmarkets Adds Report on Medical Robot Market

Pediatric Urology Robotics Hands-on Course Held at Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital

Minimally Invasive Devices Releases Robotic FloShield for Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery

Georgia Tech Creates Robotic Drumming Prosthesis

Parker Formalizes Clinical Trial Agreements for Testing and Development of Indego Exoskeleton

Mazor Robotics Announced that Georgia Hospital Ordered Renaissance System

SILVER Project Reveals Aged Willing to Use Aids for Activities of Daily Living

Goldfarb to Present on Minimizing Physical Disability with Robotic Arms, Legs and Exoskeletons

LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor System Enables Remote Monitoring for Abnormal Heart Rhythms

Valley Hospital Among Few Nationwide Hospitals to Implant Tiny Wireless Heart Monitor

New AI Model Sets Benchmark in Skin Cancer Detection with 99.8% Accuracy

Soft Robot Achieves Complex Movement Without AI or Electronics

Neuromorphic Vision Device Mimics Human Eye and Brain for Instant Processing

How NASA Helped Build Autonomous AI for Critical Infrastructure

Novel Fluidic Robot Mimics Octopus Locomotion and Suction

Global Drone Detection Market Size, Share, Trends, and Forecast 2025–2031

Building the AI Lab: A Guide for Research Institutions

Robotics in Microscopy: Key Innovations in Imaging, Diagnostics, and Drug Delivery

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