An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed themselves and perform routine personal care tasks such as scratching an itch ...
Mar 15, 2019
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Surgeons at Henry Ford Health System's Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) have performed what is believed to be the first precision prostatectomy through the bladder using a single port robotic surgical system.
Dec 13, 2021
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Following years of work, Medtronic is launching the newest Mazor X spinal surgery system with robotic navigation in the United States, with two systems already sold in Minnesota.
Feb 28, 2019
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People can plan strategic movements to several different targets at the same time, even when they see far fewer targets than are actually present, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of ...
Jun 19, 2013
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Chubby, pink and anesthetized into unconsciousness and paralysis, 16-week-old Ian Lund was a small bump under blue drapes on an operating table at University of Chicago Medicine. Perched above him was a robot, with arms like ...
Mar 2, 2012
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(Medical Xpress)—It's a familiar sight at the fairground: rows of people gaping at curvy mirrors as they watch their faces and bodies distort. But while mirrored surfaces may be fun to look at, new findings by researchers ...
Jan 22, 2013
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– Radiosurgery is a non-invasive medical procedure in which focused beams of high-energy X-rays target tumors and other abnormalities in the body. A single large dose of radiation is capable of ablating a lesion that ...
Oct 2, 2011
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First there was McSleepy. Now it's time to introduce the first intubation robot operated by remote control. This robotic system named The Kepler Intubation System (KIS), and developed by Dr. Thomas M. Hemmerling, McGill University ...
Apr 15, 2011
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From knife, to needle, to nothing at all, ultrasound offers the potential for completely bloodless surgery.
Jun 25, 2014
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Seniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder are designing a new soft robot to improve physicians' ability to examine the deepest part of a patient's lung.
Apr 19, 2022
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