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Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Wireless ‘Neural Dust’ Could Monitor Your Brain 

Science fiction that features wires connecting brains to computers might now be obsolete. Wireless powered implants, each smaller than a grain of rice, could serve as “neural dust” that can one day scan and stimulate brain cells. Such research could...

August 18, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Intuitive Surgical Exec: Here Is Why Robotic Surgery Is Useful 

 Dr. Catherine Mohr, senior director of medical research at Intuitive Surgical.  Intuitive Surgical is the maker of the Da Vinci Surgical System, a robot used in prostate removal and other surgical procedures. There, Dr. Mohr develops new surgical procedures and evaluates new technologies...

August 8, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

FDA approved CyPass Micro-Stent, an Implant for Glaucoma

The FDA has approved the CyPass Micro-Stent, a device for treatment of mild to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma that is intended to be implanted along with cataract surgery. The device will be marketed by Alcon, a division of Novartis. Alcon acquired Transcend Medical,...

August 5, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

TransEnterix, Inc. Announces First Sale of ALF-XⓇ Surgical Robotic System

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– TransEnterix, Inc. (NYSE MKT: TRXC), a medical device company that is pioneering the use of robotics to improve minimally invasive surgery, today announced the first global sale of its ALF-XⓇ Surgical Robotic System to Humanitas...

August 2, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

The Future of Robotic Surgery: Snake-Like Robot That Glides Into Orifices 

Letting a snake-like robot glide into your mouth and down your throat may sound a bit alarming. Letting such a robot glide into any of your other orifices may sound more alarming still. But the Flex Robotic System from Medrobotics,...

August 1, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Scandal Over Tainted Olympus Scopes Renews Call For Tougher Requirements on Medical Device Warnings

A U.S. lawmaker is renewing his push for Congress to toughen requirements on medical device warnings, calling Olympus Corp.’s 2013 decision against issuing a broad alert to U.S. hospitals about scope-related superbug outbreaks “despicable.” Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from...

August 1, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

A “Window to the Brain:” Transparent Skull Implants to Ease Laser Brain Surgery 

The day when surgeons can stop having to repeatedly cut open the skull to deliver life-saving laser therapy to the brain moves closer with the development of a new material for making transparent skull implants. Researchers at the University of...

July 27, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

MIPT Scientists Develop Ceramic-Based Laser

Scientists from MIPT and their colleagues have developed a compact and powerful ceramic-based laser with applications in minimally traumatic and inexpensive laser surgical scalpels, and also for cutting and engraving composite materials. The results of the study have been published...

July 22, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Stanford University Neurosurgery Embraces Surgical Theater’s Virtual Reality Platform

Surgical Theater’s Virtual Reality (VR) medical visualization platform lands at Stanford University, Department of Neurosurgery, in the heart of Silicon Valley where medical innovation converges with technology to usher in the next-generation of patient engagement and health care. Stanford University...

July 22, 2016