Medical Robotics tag
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Medical Robotics Firm Approaches European Milestone
Stereotaxis, Inc., manufacturer of the Vdrive Robotic Navigation System, an advanced cardiology instrument control solution, announced that it expects to surpass 500 clinical procedures in Europe before the current month is out. Separately, Stereotaxis announced regulatory clearance from Health Canada...
iRobot Takes Minority Stake in Telemedicine Firm
Bedford, Massachusetts-based iRobot is expanding its relationship with Santa Barbara, California-based InTouch Health, a remote presence telemedicine solution provider by investing $6 million, which represents iRobot taking a minority position in the company. Back in July 2011, the two firms...
CyberKnife Robotic Surgery System Deployed in Mexican Hospital
Robotic and robotic-assisted surgery continues to make inroads into new and emerging markets. CHRISTUS MUGUERZA Hospital Alta Especialidad, located in Monterrey, Mexico, recently deployed the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, and has been treating patients since October 2011. In fact, the...
Hansen Medical to Trial Robotic Catheter System
Hansen Medical, Inc., announced plans to commence a clinical trial to evaluate its flexible catheter Sensei X Robotic System in patients with ventricular tachycardia. Ventricular tachycardia, or VT, is an abnormal rapid heartbeat, which can be life-threatening because it may...
LiveData, Titan Medical Ink Six-Year Pact
Toronto, Ontario-based Titan Medical Inc. has signed a six-year development and licensing agreement with Cambridge, MA-based LiveData, Inc. Live Data is a developer of real-time data integration and display technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Titan Medical will have...
Health Robotics Completes R&D of New Cancer Therapy Robot
Health Robotics, a manufacturer of intravenous medication robots has announced that it has completed research, development and factory testing of its next-generation Cancer Therapy Robot, i.v.STATION ONCO. Health Robotics plans to unveil its new robot at the European Association of...
All Robotic Surgical Team Operates on Prostate Cancer Patient
Better McSleepy than McSneezy or McDopey, no? The Montreal Gazette is reporting that doctors have successfully operated on a prostate cancer patient using two separate medical robotic solutions at once. Medical practitioners at Montreal General Hospital used the da Vinci surgical...
Accuray Lands at 113 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500
Accuray, Inc., announced today that it received a ranking of number 113 on Technology Fast 500™, Deloitte's ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Accuray is the company that...
Toyota Developing Robot Assist Technology for Stroke Victims
A recent Japan Times article describes how Toyota Motor Corp. and Fujita Health University are working together to develop a robot that may one day help stroke victims paralyzed on one side of their bodies to walk again. According to the article: People with...
i.v.Station Outduels RIVA Sterile Compounding Robot
TMCnet's Susan Campbell reported last week that Health Robotics' i.v.Station won out in head-to-head tests against RIVA. The contest comprised the public evaluation of video speed tests between i.v.STATION and RIVA sterile compounding robots, based on each company's public video testimonials...
Titan Medical in Robot Surgery Pact with CAE Healthcare
Ontario, Canada-based Titan Medical, Inc., has signed an agreement with CAE Healthcare for various services related to the development of Titan's Amadeus clinical-grade robotic surgery platform. Amadeus is a next-generation quad-armed robotic surgical system, designed to enable surgeons to remotely...
Scientists Move Ahead With Bionics Research
Scientists in Rome have apparently successfully linked a robotic arm to a car crash victim who lost his forearm, allowing the victim to feel sensations and to control the limb using his thoughts. According to an Associated Press report, 26-year-old Pierpaolo...
Health Robotics Deploys i.v.Station in Madrid Hospital
Health Robotics hailed the recent unveiling of i.v.STATION at Gregorio Maranon University Hospital in Madrid. Juan Jose Guemes, Health Secretary of State for Madrid's Regional Government toured the hospital's pharmacy aseptic compounding facilities, and inspected how i.v.STATION automatically prepared IV...
Health Robotics Announces Shipments, Innovation Award Win
Health Robotics has announced the manufacturing, shipment, and subsequent field installation of the first five i.v.STATION post-prototype robots in the United States of America and in Spain within the September to November timeframe this year. "These first five shipments...
Hansen Medical Showcases Robotic Catheter System
This week in Venice, Italy, Hansen Medical, Inc. is showcasing its new Lynx Robotic Ablation Catheter at Venice Arrhythmias 2009, the 11th International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias. The Lynx catheter is a small, flexible irrigated ablation catheter designed for the...
Health Robotics Closes Another Deal
Health Robotics is on a roll. In addition to recent wins in China and Australia, the company announced a five-year strategic partnership with Spanish firm Grifols International S.A. for its revolutionary CytoCare Robot. The agreement enables Grifols to add CytoCare...
Health Robotics Announces SINOPHARM Deal
Last week we wrote about Health Robotics' expansion into the Australian market and their deal with Device Technologies Australia. Today, the company announced an exclusive five-year strategic agreement with China National Pharmaceutical Foreign Trade Corporation (SINOPHARM Foreign Trade),...
Health Robotics in Strategic Partnership with Device Technologies Australia
Yesterday we touched on the advances of robot radiosurgery techniques and the increasing role they play in cancer treatment worldwide. Embodied in solutions like Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci surgical system, robot assisted surgery is becoming more commonplace in the operating...
CyberKnife of Long Island Uses Robotics to Fight Cancer
CyberKnife of Long Island announced that the facility is helping cancer patients fight tumors with state-of-the-art radiosurgery technology. Richard Byrnes, MD, the center's Medical Director, said, "The advanced technology behind CyberKnife uses real-time image guidance technology and computer...
