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Surgery and Surgical Robotics

7D Surgical Receives FDA 510(K) and Health Canada MDL Clearance for Its Breakthrough Image Guidance

TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — 7D Surgical announced today that it has received both 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a medical device license from Health Canada enabling the North American commercial launch of...

February 1, 2017

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

The Technological Future of Surgery

The future of surgery offers an amazing cooperation between humans and technology, which could elevate the level of precision and efficiency of surgeries so high we have never seen before. Will we have Matrix-like small surgical robots? Will they pull...

January 19, 2017

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Sinus Surgery with High-Tech Navigation Now an In-Office Procedure 

NORWALK, Conn. (WTNH) – Sinus surgery with high-tech navigation. It’s similar to a GPS system and until recently, it was only offered in hospitals. Now it’s down to a small computer and benefiting patients like Eric Fleisch. He is under...

January 10, 2017

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Sensor Technology Mimicking the Feeling of Skin and Hair

Researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology have developed an extremely sensitive tactile sensor that mimics how our hair and skin work together to feel touch, the movement of air, and different textures of objects we come in contact with....

December 28, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Behold Robotics With a Human Touch

Robotics researchers at Cornell University made a hand that has something close to a human touch — it can not only touch delicate items but also sense the shape and texture of what it comes into contact with. Such a...

December 20, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Gordian Surgical Receives $2.25 Mill Raise and FDA Nod for Troclose1200

MISGAV, Israel and TUTTLINGEN, Germany, Dec. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — B. Braun Melsungen AG (“B. Braun”), The Trendlines Group Ltd. (SGX: 42T, OTCQX: TRNLY) (“Trendlines”) and Gordian Surgical Ltd. (“Gordian”) jointly announced B. Braun’s lead position in Gordian’s recent financing round of...

December 16, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Miniaturising Surgical Robotics Design 

Axsis technology heralds the next wave of surgical robotics innovation. Propelling surgical innovation to the next stage, product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants is showcasing Axsis – one of the smallest known robots for surgical use. With an external...

December 9, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Why This Robotic Medical Device Belongs in a Museum 

 Two and a half years ago, employees at THINK Surgical, a robotic surgery development company in Fremont, California, were cleaning out a storage unit near their headquarters when they found an object that appeared to be an old robot arm....

December 5, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Mazor Robotics names Yuval Yanai to Board of Directors

            Caesarea, Israel-based Mazor Robotics named Yuval Yanai to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Here are four notes: Mr. Yanai brings 30 years of medical device industry experience to Mazor. He has served...

November 30, 2016