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Restoration Robotics Raises $41 Million Hair Transplant Robot

Restoration Robotics, Inc., a California based robotics firm said that it had raised $41 million in a Series C financing round for its Artas system. Restoration Robotics has created a high-tech treatment for transplanting hair follicles that involves a robotic arm controlled by a surgeon working from a computer.

7 Aug 2011

Precision Optics Sells Patents to Intuitive Surgical

Precision Optics Corporation has signed a deal with Intuitive Surgical, Inc for a $2.5 million patent sale. The company which manufactures advanced optical instruments in Gardner, sold issued and non-expired patents including pending patent applications to the surgical robotics firm in California.

7 Aug 2011

Nation’s Youth Witness Robotic Prostate Surgery Performed by Dr. David Samadi

The National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF/MED) had invited Dr. David Samadi to participate in the 10 day residential program organised for outstanding high school students from the greater tri-state area.

5 Aug 2011

Research on Pathogens Proves Useful in Medical and Military Robotic Design

Research work at the University of Tennessee has yielded the discovery of the behavioural pattern of a pathogen that attacks the small intestine in human beings, which is an inspiration for designing robots that could be deployed in military and medical operations.

4 Aug 2011

Researchers at RIKEN Develop RIBA-II Robot for Elderly Care

The research team from RIKEN and Tokai Rubber Industries (TRI) have come together to build a new robot with high-precision sensors for the care of the elderly.

4 Aug 2011

Giant 'Teddy Bear' Nursing Robot

A joint venture between the Riken Research Center and Tokai Rubber Industries has resulted in a rather unlikely robot. A giant teddy bear that is so strong that it can literally pick you up off the floor. Named Riba II the latest nursing robot is essentially designed to care for elderly patients who need help with movement.

3 Aug 2011

Study Validates Magnetecs Robotic Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging System

Magnetecs has reported that a paper titled, “Dynamically Shaped Magnetic Fields: Initial Animal Validation of a New Remote Electrophysiology Catheter Guidance and Control System,” was published on the web before the print version of its medical journal circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.

3 Aug 2011

Dr. David Samadi Provides Effective Robotic Surgical Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Anyang Nyong’o, the Medical Services Minister of Kenya, was the recently treated by Dr. David Samadi for prostate cancer through robotic radical prostatectomy.

2 Aug 2011

Accuray to Showcase Cyberknife Robotic Surgery System at Joint AAPM and COMP Meet

Accuray plans to showcase the TomoTherapy Radiation Therapy Treatment System and CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System at the Joint American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and Canadian organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) Meet for the year 2011.

From Accuray Incorporated 2 Aug 2011

Study Recommends Pelvic Floor Toning Exercises for Post Robotic Prostatectomy

Men who undergo prostatectomy are not only concerned about the removal of prostate cancer but also about urinary continence and sexual potency that might get affected during the procedure.

29 Jul 2011