Surgery and Surgical Robotics
Corindus Vascular Robotics Appoints Jeff Lemaster as CCO
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, today announced the appointment of Jeff Lemaster as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Lemaster brings 20 years of commercial sales and marketing experience in the cardiovascular medical device industry to Corindus and has extensive global new product launch experience in the areas…
Read MoreTransEnterix Senhance Surgical Robot Used in Radical Hysterectomy
Transenterix Inc.’s Senhance recently scrubbed in, so to speak, to lend its robotic hands to a gynecologic surgeon in Italy during a major cervical cancer procedure. It was the first time the company’s recently re-branded surgical robotic system has been used during a radical hysterectomy and, if the surgeon’s feedback is any indication, it probably…
Read MoreVerb Surgical Unveils Vision of Next-Gen Robotic Surgery
Verb Surgical is working on what it sees as “Surgery 4.0”: the next iteration of surgery that incorporates robotics, advanced visualization, machine learning, data analytics and connectivity. It expects that its technology could translate into real access for billions globally who currently don’t have access to surgery by lowering costs and reducing the training threshold.…
Read MoreSynaptive Medical Completes First Install of Revolutionary Brain Surgery Technology
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (September 20, 2016) — Synaptive Medical, a medical device company relentlessly pursuing connections to transform the process of care, has successfully installed their BrightMatter™ technology at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. Mount Sinai, ranked #12 in the country by U.S. News & World Report for its neurology and…
Read MoreLow-Cost Laparoscope to Help Patients in Third World
Two-thirds of the world’s population—some five billion people—lack access to safe, affordable surgical care. An $85 device conceived in a sock drawer could help change that. John Langell, a surgeon who runs the University of Utah’s Center for Medical Innovation, had the idea when he was called in for an emergency late one night and…
Read MoreWorld’s First: Robot Operates Inside Eye – see the video
University of Oxford surgeons at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital have performed the world’s first operation inside the eye using a robot. Robert MacLaren, Professor of Ophthalmology. assisted by Dr Thomas Edwards, Nuffield Medical Fellow, used the remotely controlled robot to lift a membrane 100th of a millimeter thick from the retina at the back of…
Read MoreExplORer Surgical Nabs $1M for Real-Time Mobile Surgical Playbook
ExplORer Surgical, a Chicago-based startup has raised $1 million in seed funding for its real-time mobile-based surgical playbook that promotes optimal teamwork in the operating room. Investors in the seed round include CJM Ventures, M25 Group, SymphonyAlpha Ventures, The University of Chicago Innovation Fund, Wasson Enterprise, along with several prominent healthcare and technology angel investors.…
Read MoreWorld’s First Drug-Free Miniature Wireless Pain Relief Neurostimulator
MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stimwave LLC, a medical device manufacturer and independent research institute headquartered in South Florida, has achieved long-term success for hundreds of pain patients during the early adaptor rollout of the world’s first miniature wireless pain relief system. Embraced by pain specialists seeking non-opioid treatments, the drug-free, breakthrough remedy offers new hope to the more…
Read MoreWorld’s First Human Head Transplant Procedure Planned in 2017
Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero is planning to perform the first-ever head transplant in December 2017. He will put the head of a terminally ill, wheelchair-bound Russian citizen Valery Spiridonov (31) on an entirely new body. Spiridonov, a computer scientist, has Werdnig-Hoffman disease, a rare and incurable spinal muscular atrophy. As the disease is sure to…
Read MoreDominant Robotic Surgery Patents Expiring This Year. What’s Coming Next?
Patents are essential to encouraging innovation, but can also limit competition. Intuitive Surgical has dominated the global robotic surgery market (which is expected to hit $11.4 billion by 2020) since the FDA approved its Da Vinci surgical system 16 years ago; today, the machine is used in more than 200,000 operations annually. But many of Intuitive Surgical’s patents begin…
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