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Innovative Robotic Technique Better Tracks Tumor Motion for Precise Radiation

Medical physicists at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center are one step closer to bringing a new tumor-tracking technique into the clinic that delivers higher levels of radiation to moving tumors, while sparing healthy tissue in lung cancer patients.

20 Nov 2012

Skills Gained from Playing Video Games Aids Future Robotic Surgeons

What can high school and college-age video game enthusiasts teach young surgeons-in-training?

16 Nov 2012

Robotics Now Regarded as an Important ‘Future Technology’ for the UK

Britain’s desire to be at the forefront of robotics research has been reinforced by universities minister David Willetts, who saw world-leading technology when he visited the Bristol Robotics Lab yesterday [Monday, 12 November].

14 Nov 2012

Robots Facilitate Scar-Free Surgery for Some Women Needing Hysterectomies

The precision and three-dimensional view provided by robots can enable essentially scar-free surgery for some women needing hysterectomies, physicians report.

14 Nov 2012

First NavioPFS Robotic System-Assisted Unicondylar Knee Replacement Surgery Completed in UK

Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. announced the first NavioPFS™ unicondylar knee replacement (UKR) procedure performed in the United Kingdom, completed on October 26, 2012 by Mr. Alberto Gregori at Hairmyres Hospital in Scotland.

8 Nov 2012

New Book on Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new book "Medical robotics: Minimally invasive surgery" to their offering.

7 Nov 2012

Live Broadcast of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Myomectomy

Antonio R. Gargiulo, MD of the Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital completed a live surgery for the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), treating a patient suffering from uterine fibroids with a novel robotic surgical approach and a cutting edge laser technology developed at OmniGuide® in Cambridge, MA.

5 Nov 2012

Crawling Robots to Help Infants with Cerebral Palsy

Learning to crawl comes naturally for most infants, but those with cerebral palsy lack the muscle strength and coordination to perform the 25 individual movements required for crawling. With a $1.135 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation's National Robotics Initiative, University of Oklahoma researchers from the Norman and Health Sciences Center campuses are combining robotics, machine learning and brain imaging to assist infants with CP with the challenging, life-altering skill.

1 Nov 2012

New Measure to Aid Testing of Prosthetic Arms

Amputees with a new prosthetic arm must learn how to use their device to perform everyday tasks that were once second nature. Taking off a shirt becomes a conscious, multistep effort: grasp the shirt, lift the shirt over the head, pull arms through the sleeves, place the shirt on the table, let go of the shirt.

1 Nov 2012

Vanderbilt Exoskeleton Provides More Independence for People with Severe Spinal Cord Injuries

The dream of regaining the ability to stand up and walk has come closer to reality for people paralyzed below the waist who thought they would never take another step.

31 Oct 2012