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First Robotic-Assisted System for PCI Receives FDA Clearance

Corindus Vascular Robotics recently declared that its CorPath 200 System has achieved FDA 510(k) clearance for effective use in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).

27 Jul 2012

Gold Celebrities Support Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgery Program

Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) is all set to host a fundraiser event with golf celebrities, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. The event titled "An Exclusive Evening with Golf Legends" will be hosted on September 17, 2012 on behalf of TEGH’s Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgery Program and HELP Campaign.

27 Jul 2012

RP-VITA Telemedicine Robot to be Showcased at 2012 Clinical Innovations Forum

InTouch Health and iRobot declared that during the InTouch Health 7th Annual Clinical Innovations Forum, the companies will showcase the innovative RP-VITA (Remote Presence Virtual + Independent Telemedicine Assistant). The event will take place from July 26 to 28 in Santa Barbara, California.

26 Jul 2012

NeuroLogica’s Robotic CT Scanner Achieves Validation with Mazor Robotics

NeuroLogica recently declared that the images generated by BodyTom, a novel portable 32 slice CT scanner, was successfully validated for deployment with Mazor Robotics Renaissance surgical guidance robot.

20 Jul 2012

Report Analysis on Surgical Robot Market

Reportlinker has declared the availability of new market research report titled “Surgical Robots: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018”.

19 Jul 2012

New Controllers for PI's 6-Axis Robotic Parallel Positioners

PI (Physik Instrumente) LP – a leading manufacturer of motion control systems for nano-automation — provides a complete line of highly accurate 6-axis robotic parallel positioners (Hexapod/SpaceFAB) for advanced applications in fields as diverse as bio/nano-technology, aerospace, medical technology and lasers/photonics.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 18 Jul 2012

U.S. FDA Clearance Presented to Mazor Robotic’s Renaissance Technology for Brain Applications

Mazor Robotics, an innovator of innovative surgical robots and complementary products recently declared that its Renaissance platform has achieved U.S. FDA marketing clearance for better performance of brain surgery.

From MAZOR Robotics Inc. 18 Jul 2012

Virginia Spine Institute Performs First Robot-Assisted Spine Surgery

At HCA Reston Hospital Center in Mid-Atlantic Region, the first robot-guided spine surgery procedure was successfully performed by spinal experts at the Virginia Spine Institute, Dr. Thomas C. Schuler and Dr. Christopher R. Good.

17 Jul 2012

Study Highlights Retained Foreign Objects Associated with Robotically Assisted Surgery

Over the past 10 years, robotically-assisted surgery has become more popular. Unlike the assumption that robotic surgical procedure may not lead to retaining foreign objects within the patient’s body, ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO) informed that foreign objects may sometimes be retained even during robotic surgical procedure.

16 Jul 2012

NavioPFS Robotic Surgical System Enables Unique Knee Surgery

Blue Belt Technologies declared the first clinical use of the NavioPFS system in a Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR). This novel system has its first use in the knee replacement surgery performed by Professor Johan Bellemans on July 10, 2012 at the University Hospital at Pellenberg, Belgium.

16 Jul 2012