Surgery and Surgical Robotics
New Device by Bauer Can Protect Against Microscopic Brain Damage
Sports equipment maker Bauer unveiled a collar-like device Wednesday that it says can protect against microscopic brain damage in athletes playing contact sports like hockey, football and soccer. The NeuroShield collar is worn around the neck and applies a slight pressure that increases blood volume in the veins around the brain, helping to reduce the…
Read MoreTitan Medical and Florida Hospital Nicholson Center Announce the World’s First Installation of Sport Surgical System
TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired – September 18, 2017) – Titan Medical Inc. (“Titan” or the “Company”) (TSX: TMD)(OTCQB: TITXF), a medical device company focused on the design, development and commercialization of a robotic surgical system for application in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), and Florida Hospital Nicholson Center announce the installation of Titan Medical’s SPORT Surgical System at the hospital’s…
Read MoreMedical First: Robot Operates Inside Human Eye
In a medical first, surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the human eye, greatly improving the accuracy of a delicate surgery to remove fine membrane growth on the retina. Such growth distorts vision and, if left unchecked, can lead to blindness in the affected eye. Currently, doctors perform this common eye surgery without robots. But…
Read MoreMedrobotics Announces World’s First Robotic-Assisted Scarfree™ Colorectal Surgery
RAYNHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Medrobotics Corp., a medical robotics company, announced today that Dr. Vincent Obias, Director of Robotics and Professor of Colorectal Surgery at the George Washington University Hospital, successfully completed the world’s first colorectal surgery with the Flex Robotic System. Dr. Obias removed a suspected cancerous lesion from the rectum of an adult man in…
Read MoreHarvard Researchers Create Soft Robotic Arm to Make Endoscopies Easier
Harvard researchers have created a rigid-soft robotic arm for endoscopes that can sense, flex and has multiple degrees of freedom. Flexible endoscopes fit through narrow passages to reach difficult parts of the body. Once they reach their target, the devices need rigid surgical tools to be able to manipulate or remove tissues. Researchers from Harvard’s…
Read MoreiotaMotion Raises $2 Million To Develop Surgical Robotics For Cochlear Implantation
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — iotaMotion, Inc., a medical device start-up spun out from the University of Iowa’sOtolaryngology Department, announced today that the company has raised $2 million in a seed financing round to fuel the development of novel robotic systems for cochlear implantation surgery. The iotaMotion technology will enable surgeons to achieve more precise, individualized solutions for…
Read MoreTransEnterix Announces Enhanced Capability to Perform Micro Incision Robotic Surgery
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TransEnterix, Inc. (NYSE MKT: TRXC), a medical device company that is pioneering the use of robotics to improve minimally invasive surgery, today announced that surgeons have now performed the first 3mm micro laparoscopic robotic surgeries in the world utilizing the Senhance Surgical Robot. 3mm instruments, often referred to as micro…
Read MoreMazor Receives Orders For 19 Surgical Robotic Systems
The surgical robotic company expects its second quarter revenue to reach $15.4 million. Mazor Robotics Ltd. (Nasdaq: MZOR; TASE:MZOR) today announced that it had received 19 orders for its robot surgical systems in the second quarter of 2017. The company expects its second quarter revenue to reach $15.4 million, almost double its revenue in the…
Read MoreRobots for Assisted Living
The Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) will host the first European- Commission funded European Robotics League (ERL) tournament for service robots to be held in the UK. Two teams from the BRL and Birmingham will pitch their robots against each other in a series of events from 26 and 30 June. Robots designed to support people…
Read MoreNeuromonitoring Company Founded by Former NFL Quarterback Set to Go Public
Assure Holdings, an intraoperative neuromonitoring company founded by former NFL quarterback Preston Parsons, will begin trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on May 29, under the trading symbol IOM. Assure Neuromonitoring, a wholly owned subsidiary of Assure Holdings Inc. (IOM:TSX.V), provides intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) services. The standard of care in the United States is to…
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