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Health Insurer Hires IBM’s Watson

IBM’s Watson used its ability to process 200 million pages of data in three seconds to win a game of Jeopardy earlier this year against its human opponents. The TV appearance may well be responsible for giving Watson a new job.

13 Sep 2011

C-Port Flex-A Anastomosis System Part of Robotic Cardiac Bypass Procedures Presentation

Cardica announced that its C-Port Flex-A Anastomosis System will be demonstrated at the presentation at the East Carolina Heart Institute-International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Summit (ECHI-ISMICS).

13 Sep 2011

Radical Prostatectomy by Robot Brings New Hope for Prostate Cancer Patients

Robotic surgery may be the answer to prostate treatment in the future as per the delegates at the Australasian Prostate Cancer Conference in Melbourne. Prostate cancer has not had a good prognosis when it came to recovery, but with robotic surgery the cancer may be cured in the future.

5 Sep 2011

Aframe Receives Funds for Advanced Health Monitoring System Research

Aframe Digital has revealed that the National Institute of Health and the National Institute on Aging have granted a follow-on grant fund for conducting research in the reduction of falls of the elderly by using its mobile care monitor platform.

31 Aug 2011

ECOST Trial Reveals BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring Improves Battery Life for ICD Patients

BIOTRONIK announced the results of the ECOST randomised controlled trial. BIOTRONIK is a producer of implantable cardiac devices for remote monitoring.

From BIOTRONIK 31 Aug 2011

Philips Healthcare Launches IntelliVue MX40 Patient Monitor

Royal Philips Electronics has launched the IntelliVue MX40 globally. The IntelliVue MX40 is a patient monitor that can be worn by patients especially ambulatory patients and while they are being moved from one place to the other.

31 Aug 2011

Yonsei University Purchases Robotic Catheter Guidance System from Magnetecs

Magnetecs has sold its Robotic Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging system (CGCI) to the Yonsei University Severance Hospital located in South Korea.

31 Aug 2011

Health Robotics Reports Record Results

Health Robotics has announced its financial results for the six month period 1H2011. The Gross Revenues hit $9.4 million and Gross Margins were at $7.3 million. These represented an increase of 42% and 72% compared to the previous year.

30 Aug 2011

Innovation and RxSafe Collaborate to Develop Pharmacy Automation Product Suites

RxSafe and Innovation have come together for the distribution of the product offering of RxSafe for automated robotic storage and retrieval systems for pharmacies.

From RxSafe, LLC 26 Aug 2011

Doctors at Medical Center Plano Perform First Robotic Hysterectomy

The first robotic hysterectomy surgery was performed at the Medical Center, Women Specialists of Plano by Dr. Dennis Eisenberg with Dr. Murray Fox assisting him. Dr. Eisenberg is an expert in performing robotic hysterectomy.

25 Aug 2011