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Surgery and Surgical Robotics

TransEnterix 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...

October 19, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Verb 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...

October 5, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Synaptive 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,...

September 28, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Low-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,...

September 27, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

World’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...

September 19, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

ExplORer 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...

September 14, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

World’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...

September 2, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

World’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...

August 29, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Dominant 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...

August 29, 2016