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Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Brain Stimulation May Reduce Desire to Commit Sexual Assault

Stimulating the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for controlling complex ideas and behaviors, can reduce a person’s intention to commit a violent act by more than 50 percent, according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience from the University...

July 3, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

MIT’s 3D Printed Walking, Drug-Transporting Magnets

MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet, much like marionettes without the strings. The menagerie of structures that can be magnetically manipulated includes a smooth ring that wrinkles up,...

June 15, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Intuitive Surgical Invests $15m Into Lung Cancer Startup

Intuitive Surgical has struck a deal with lung disease technology firm Broncus Medical. The multipart agreement includes a $15 million investment, technology development collaboration and a licensing deal. Broncus has built its business upon a portfolio of technology platforms that support the...

June 13, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Positive Clinical Data for Penny-Sized Bioelectronic Implant

  SetPoint Medical’s open-label study supports the use of the company’s bioelectronic therapy for Crohn’s Disease. The Valencia,CA-based company’s study was conducted at five European sites and included 16 patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s Disease with inadequate responses to...

June 12, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Insightec’s MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Wins Medicare Coverage in 10 States

INSIGHTEC®, a global medical technology innovator of incisionless surgery, today announced that Medicare benefit coverage is available to patients in 10 U.S. states for MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for the treatment of essential tremor (ET). Six more states will follow...

June 5, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

MIT Team Creates Wireless System to Power Implanted Devices

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have collaborated with local Brigham and Women’s Hospital to create a new system that can wirelessly power and communicate with medical devices inside the body. The new In Vivo Networking (IVN) system...

June 5, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

FDA Approves First Artificial Iris

A German company has become the first to score FDA approval for a stand-alone prosthetic iris in the United States. The agency said Wednesday afternoon that it approved the CustomFlex Artificial Iris, made by Erlangen, Germany-based HumanOptics. The device, which is surgically...

May 31, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

TransEnterix Announces FDA Clearance for Expanded Indications for Senhance Surgical System

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–TransEnterix, Inc. (NYSE American:TRXC), a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and the patient to improve minimally invasive surgery, today announced that the Company has received FDA 510(k) clearance for expanded indications...

May 29, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Next Generation Stent Retriever Receives 510(k) Clearance

CERENOVUS, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, announced today it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device, a next generation stent retriever used to capture and remove...

May 22, 2018