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Hansen Medical’s Magellan Robotic System Receives FDA Clearance

Hansen Medical recently declared that its Magellan Robotic System, inclusive of catheter and accessories, has achieved 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

6 Jun 2012

Surgeon at Saint Joseph Hospital Performs Single-Incision Robotic Cholecystectomy

Following the successful achievement of robotic single-site cholecystectomy on March 27, Saint Joseph Hospital became the second healthcare provider in Cook County to remove gallbladder via single belly button incision.

2 Jun 2012

Health Robotics Improves Healthcare Services in Saudi Arabia with Hospital Automation Technology

Health Robotics recently declared a new marketing and service channel with Hospital Automation Technology (HAT) in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its advanced i.v.SOFT, i.v.STATION ONCO, and i.v.STATION products.

30 May 2012

Araknes Team Develops Medical Robotic Devices

EU-funded research team develops micro-system technologies and innovative micro-robotics to simplify abdominal surgeries. These surgeries need to be affordable and carried out with minimal invasion.

28 May 2012

QUAN Investigates New Robotics Targets for Better Productivity and Commercial Availability

Quantum International, a developing robotics company recently declared that it has started investigating new list of robotics targets for cooperation agreements and potential joint ventures.

25 May 2012

Mazor Robotics Launches C-OnSite Application

Mazor Robotics declares the global launch of the C-OnSite upgrade to its Renaissance system. Renaissance is a surgical guidance system of Mazor Robotics, ideal for spine procedures. By integrating C-OnSite, overall surgical procedure such as from planning, surgical execution to verification can be effectively achieved.

From MAZOR Robotics Inc. 25 May 2012

Surgeons at NYU Langone Demonstrate Robotic Surgery Skills via Satellite

NYU Langone Medical Center’s team of urological surgeons conducted robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy in New York. Using high definition satellite, this New York–based surgical procedure was shared visually with over 400 participants of American Urological Association’s (AUA) 2012 Annual Meeting, earlier this week in Atlanta.

25 May 2012

Summa Health System Conducts New Technology-Based Single-Site Robotic Surgery

Summa Health System made a surgical advancement marking the successful achievement of new single-site robotic gallbladder surgery for two patients at its Summa Akron City Hospital facility. This surgery required small, single incision in belly buttons.

24 May 2012

INDUSTRIESPREIS 2012 Award Presented to Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Robot for Medical Devices

Health Robotics recently declared that it has been honored with the most coveted INDUSTRIESPREIS 2012 Award for its innovative i.v.STATION Robot. The award was presented during Germany's Hannover Messe, a technology trade fair. This latest award is successive to the 5th Annual Club Meccatronica Prize achieved by Health Robotics in 2011.

From Health Robotics 23 May 2012

Cyprus Advances in Robotic and Other Advanced Technologies

Cyprus has been judged as an innovation follower as per the Innovation Scoreboard of the European Commission along with countries such as the UK and France, with innovation performance levels same as the EU-27 average. This is significant for a country with below a million population, which became a part of the EU in 2004 and designed its first research system after University of Cyprus establishment in 1992.

23 May 2012