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New Imaging Method Captures a Detailed Snapshot of Brain

When it comes to measuring brain activity, scientists have tools that can take a precise look at a small slice of the brain (less than one cubic millimeter), or a blurred look at a larger area. Now, researchers at Rockefeller...

June 1, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Stentrode Brain Implant Helps People with Disorders and Disabilities Move

What do you get when you cross a stent with a bunch of electrodes? It is a “stentrode,” a minimally invasive brain implant made from off-the-shelf components to help patients with physical disabilities and neurological disorders to move their limbs....

May 27, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

St. Jude Medical Stroke Prevention Device Recommended for FDA Approval

A group of doctors convened by the Food and Drug Administration decided Tuesday that a new St. Jude Medical heart device to prevent strokes appears safe and effective, after more than 13 years of U.S. clinical research for the Minnesota-invented...

May 26, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

How Does the Brain Control Movement?

What if you couldn’t move faster even when you wanted to? Researchers thought that the part of the brain that determines how fast we perform voluntary movements, such as walking across a room or playing a melody on the piano,...

May 4, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Brain Prevents Anxiety by Suppressing Perception of Heartbeat 

Not being aware of the pulse of our heart might prevent anxiety, EPFL scientists found. Our heart is constantly beating yet we normally do not feel it. It turns out that our brain is capable of filtering out the cardiac...

May 4, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Doppler ultrasound headset performs well at spotting sports-related concussion

VANCOUVER – A new transcranial Doppler platform that analyzes subtle changes in the cerebral blood flow waveform performed well in detecting sports-related concussion in a cohort study of 238 Los Angeles high school athletes. The investigational headset device was able...

May 2, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Freshman Student Bailey Paxton Starts Medical Device Company

Business freshman Bailey Paxton has been traveling the country since the summer before his senior year of high school, courting investors and networking with manufacturers to get his medical device company off the ground. Paxton said he wants to license...

April 25, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Eye-Catching Benefit of Free Surgery

Lowe’s home improvement company, like a growing number of large companies nationwide, offers its employees an eye-catching benefit: Certain major surgeries at prestigious hospitals are free. How do these firms do it? With a way of paying that’s gaining steam...

April 22, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Soft Robotics Inc. Appoints Mark J. Chiappetta as Chief Technology Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Soft Robotics Inc., an early stage robotics company, today announced that it has appointed Mark J. Chiappetta as its Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Chiappetta is a high energy technology leader with over 20...

April 21, 2016