Medical Robotics News

RSS

Robot Assisted Thyroid Surgery Performed at St. Luke’s Medical Center

The country’s first Endoscopic Thyroidectomy was performed at the St. Luke’s Medical Center using the Da Vinci Surgical System Si. The ‘Total Axillary Approach’ was followed for performing the surgery, which is called the Single Incision Robotics-Assisted Thyroid Surgery.

12 Jul 2011

Mumbai Hospital Acquires Advanced Robotic Surgery Device

The Asian Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery and the Asian Heart Institute have acquired the most advanced surgical robot in Asia at the cost of $2.5 million. The first robot-assisted surgery will be conducted within the month. Robotic arm assisted surgeries are minimally invasive and said to have better results than conventional surgeries.

10 Jul 2011

Allegheny General Hospital Performs Region's First Robotic-Assisted Live Kidney Donor Transplant

A live donor kidney transplant was performed by surgeons in the Allegheny General Hospital assisted by a robotic surgeon arm. The altruistic kidney donor from western Pennsylvania was said to be recovering well after the minimally invasive kidney removal surgery.

10 Jul 2011

Asian Heart Hospital Launches Centre for Robotic Surgeries

Asian Heart Institute inaugurated the first robotic surgical facility in Mumbai, India at the Bandra-Kurla Complex recently, which they named as the Asian Vattikutti centre for robotic surgeries.

8 Jul 2011

Researchers Develop Endoscopic Robot for Scarless Surgery

Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed an endoscopic robot for performing surgeries on patients affected with gastric tumours without the need for hospitalisation.

7 Jul 2011

Realistic Robotic Patient to Revolutionize Dental Schools

Showa Hanako 2 is a dentistry robot that will revolutionize the way students practice dentistry. The life like robotic patient sits in the regular dentist’s chair and gives the users almost the same stress that they would get while working on a human patient.

6 Jul 2011