James Webb delivers scientific results, SLS and Starship go closer to their maiden flights, remote surgery robot is going to the ISS, Perseverance continues to find weird stuff on Mars, and Hubble is still going strong. All this and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites. All this and more in this week’s episode … Continue reading "JWST’s Science, Surgeon Robot for ISS, Booster 7 Test Fire" The post JWST’s Science, Surgeon Robot for ISS, Booster 7 Test Fire appeared first on Universe Today.

Engineers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have devised a robot that helps medical professionals conduct surgical procedures from afar. It might someday perform surgery in space. The post A Surgery Robot Will Board the ISS in 2024 appeared first on ExtremeTech.

A surgery-performing robot developed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and medical technology company Virtual Incision is ready to be tested aboard the International Space Station with a $100,000 grant awarded to the university from NASA. Read more...

NASA is gearing up to test a remote surgery robot aboard the space station with the idea of one day deploying it for crewed missions to deep space.

A miniaturized robot invented by Nebraska Engineering Professor Shane Farritor may soon blast into space to test its skills.

Stroke surgery and other neuroendovascular procedures could be made safer and easier through robotics, according to research presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 19th Annual Meeting.

As researchers evaluate their use of robots in hip replacement surgery for the first time, their surgical capabilities will be put to the test. The goal is to compare this technology to their...

Robots will have their surgical skills put to the test as researchers trial their use in hip replacement surgery for the first time.

Large kidney stones can be removed using the effective, less invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) technique. Renal access creation is a vital but difficult phase in PCNL that involves...

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is an efficient surgical intervention for removing large kidney stones. However, it is a challenging procedure that requires years of training to perform. To meet the need for quick skill-building, scientists have now developed and trialed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled robotic device for assisting surgeons in PCNL. Its notable features include ease of use and better accuracy in creating renal access.

An initial study published in The Journal of Urology®, an International Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA), says that a novel surgical robotic system is “feasible, safe,...

Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly (20 per cent) less time in hospital, concludes a new clinical trial.

A new study, published in JAMA, has found that robotic surgery reduces the chance of readmission by half (52 per cent), and revealed a "striking" four-fold (77 per cent) reduction in prevalence of blood clots (deep vein thrombus and pulmonary emboli) - a significant cause of health decline and morbidity - when compared to patients who had open surgery.

In this interview, we speak to Mark Slack, Chief Medical Officer at CMR Surgical, about how their next-generation surgical robot Versius.

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What if your next surgery was planned and performed by a robot? A team at Johns Hopkins University is working to turn this idea into reality.

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The system could provide teleoperated endovascular treatment to patients during the critical time window after a stroke begins.

MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke

Engineers developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons remotely treat patients experiencing stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons may control a robotic arm at another hospital to operate on a patient.

Axel Krieger is the Head of the Intelligent Medical Robotic Systems and Equipment (IMERSE) Lab at Johns Hopkins University, where Justin Opfermann is pursuing his PhD degree. Together with H. Saeidi, M. Kam, S. Wei, S. Leonard , M. H. Hsieh and J. U. Kang, they recently published the paper ‘Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for […]

Researchers from the National Robotarium, a partnership between Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, industry partners and Edinburgh-based clinicians are creating a new robot-assisted surgery technique to improve cancer surgical outcomes and patient care.

The implementation of robotics in various aspects of life is becoming increasingly widespread, but nevertheless leads to conflicting opinions.

Autonomous robotic surgery systems can improve efficiency, safety, and consistency. A recent paper proposes a method to perform

FRIDAY, Jan. 28, 2022 -- A robot performed challenging keyhole surgery on pigs without any human help in what could be a major step toward fully automated surgery on people. "Our findings show that we can automate one of the most intricate and...

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An autonomous surgical robot joined sections of intestine together inside the abdominal cavities of live pigs, with limited intervention from human surgeons

A robot has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human – a significant step in robotics toward fully automated surgery on humans.

A robot has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human -- a significant step in robotics toward fully automated surgery on humans.

Allegheny Health Network (AHN) plastic and reconstructive surgeons at West Penn Hospital (WPH) are the first in western Pennsylvania and among the first in the country to perform robot assisted breast...

Degenerative disc disease affects about 40 percent of people aged 40, increasing to about 80 percent among those aged 80 or older. The disease, which is the deterioration of one or more intervertebral discs of the spine, often is surgically treated with cervical disc implants.

A study by Dr. Geoffrey Westrich and colleagues at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) found knee replacement performed with robotic assistance led to a lower complication rate in the first three months following surgery.

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men. Every year about 13,000 Dutch men are diagnosed with this disease. According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, about 1 in 10 men suffers from prostate cancer at some point in their lives. When an all-male TU Delft student team started working with PhD researcher […] The post Surgeons to reach prostate with robot appeared first on RoboHouse.

The use of robotics and computer navigation in spinal surgery is rapidly expanding. Increasing numbers of hospitals and spine surgeons are adopting the technology, which aims to enhance precision, accuracy and predictability, according to Darren R. Lebl, MD, MBA, a spine surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Robot-assisted surgeries have only modest advantages over other approaches, a large analysis found.

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Robots are common in the operating room, but there's no standard curriculum to train surgeons to use them.

A major national study will pitch human skill against machine precision as it compares the benefits of knee replacement surgery performed using a robot to a surgeon using traditional methods. Knee...

A new robot can now help cardiac surgeons to better plan operations and enhance their surgical field view. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com/Terelyuk This robot is controlled by a virtual reality...

Cardiac surgeons may be able to better plan operations and improve their surgical field view with the help of a robot.

Real scalpels, artificial intelligence — what could go wrong?

Real scalpels, artificial intelligence — what could go wrong?

Real scalpels, artificial intelligence — what could go wrong?

In 2018, five patients at the Apex Heart Institute in Ahmedabad, India, received treatment for coronary artery disease (CAD) the same way 3 million others do each year: a small balloon was inserted into an artery in the heart and inflated, making way for the placement of a stent to keep the vital pathway open. […]

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Endometriosis is a condition that causes tissue similar to the type that grows inside a woman's uterus to grow on the outside, often affecting the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and pelvic tissue.

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The current use of robotic surgeries is confined mainly to adult patients. The reason is purely physical: in

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A kidney transplant is often denied to patients who are obese due to an increased risk of surgical complications, particularly infections. Surgeons at UI Heath -- the clinical and academic health enterprise of the University of Illinois Chicago -- have pioneered the use of robotic-assisted surgery for kidney transplants in obese patients to successfully reduce surgical complications.

Jeffrey Gum remembers his early-career surgeries with wonder. “We dissected a lot of muscle off the bone,” says Gum, an adult and pediatric spine surgeon at the Norton Leatherman Spine Center in Louisville, Kentucky. That resulted in “more blood loss than we’d prefer and big reconstructive surgeries.” With a traditional, open surgery, a patient could…

A novel technology contributed by two MedStar Health hospitals enhances precision and accelerates recovery time for spine surgery patients. Neurosurgeon Edward Aulisi in the OR. Image Credit:...

Robotic surgery has a crucial role to play in the advanced management of bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and other medical disorders treated by urologists. Image...

Robotic surgery plays a major role in modern management of prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and other conditions treated by urologists. But it also poses some special challenges as hospitals resume elective surgery amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In robot-assisted surgeries, it is important to predict the trajectories of robotic surgical instruments. It helps to prevent

Some tasks are a challenge even for a trained surgeon's hands

A new study performed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center reports that robotic surgery for patients with the early stage, oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer leads to better health results, such as better...

Robotic surgery for patients with early stage, oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer is associated with improved health outcomes, including better long-term survival, according to a Cedars-Sinai study published Thursday in JAMA Oncology.

Robotic surgery for patients with early stage, oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer is associated with improved health outcomes, including better long-term survival, according to a new study. Oropharyngeal cancer occurs in the back of the throat and includes the base of the tongue and tonsils.

Online Mini-Symposium, Free and open to the public.Tues 19 May, 2020, 9:30-1:30pm PT, via Zoom * Please register at:https://robotsinsurgeryandhealthcare.eventbrite.com The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing global demand for robots that can assist in surgery and healthcare. This symposium focuses on recent advances and open problems in robot-assisted tele-surgery and tele-medicine and needs for new research and development. The online format […]

Steady hands and uninterrupted, sharp vision are critical when performing surgery on delicate structures like the brain or hair-thin blood vessels. While surgical cameras have improved what surgeons see during operative procedures, the 'steady hand' remains to be enhanced -- new surgical technologies, including sophisticated surgeon-guided robotic hands, cannot prevent accidental injuries when operating close to fragile tissue.

A robot was used to treat brain aneurysms for the first time. The robotic system could eventually allow remote surgery, enabling surgeons to treat strokes from afar.

Scientists designed a new type of controller for the robotic arm used in robotic surgery. Their controller combines the two distinct types of gripping used in commercially available robotic systems to leverage the advantages of both, reducing the efforts of the surgeon and providing good precision.

A novel controller for robotic arms employed in robotic surgery has been developed by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. The controller integrates two different types of grips used in...

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology designed a new type of controller for the robotic arm used in robotic surgery.

Advanced technology in the doctor’s office or in the surgical room can improve care for patients. However, the

The project has been conducted in collaboration with the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department, General Surgery, Urology and Thoracic Surgery of Valencia's General Hospital, through their Research Foundation and with the support of the Valencian Innovation Agency of Valencia's regional government, in the framework of a project to boost innovation in robotic surgery.

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Since 2000 more than 4 million robotic-assisted surgeries have taken place across multiple medical specialties including Cardiovascular, Neurology, and Orthopedics. Until the launch of Yomi, the first...

Following an acquisition by Siemens, this robotics company is targeting the brain.

A neuroradiologist has carried out the world’s first robotic brain surgery. The robot-assisted aneurysm coiling was conducted on a 64-year-old in Canada.

Forty-nine-year-old James Benfante's knee pain got so bad he dreaded walking from the train station to his job or even standing in line.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)-;along with its charitable arm, The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF)-;recently awarded $125,000 in fellowship grants to five standout cardiothoracic surgeons interested in launching new robotic cardiac surgery programs at their institutions.

The authors noted that this operation was "successful in all aspects" for the five patients and that none of them experienced procedural complications.

The authors noted that this operation was "successful in all aspects" for the five patients and that none of them experienced procedural complications.

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In a world's first, a surgeon in India has successfully carried out several long distance heart operations using a telepresence robot to help him.

In a feat of networking, engineering, and medicine, a doctor performed a heart procedure while standing 20 miles from his patient.

Pat Bifano, age 75, resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, enjoys spending time with her large family, comprising her husband Al of 56 years, four children, 12 grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter. She...

Vanderbilt collaborators focused on minimally invasive prostate surgery are developing an endoscopic robotic system with two-handed dexterity at

Elon Musk's super-secretive startup Neuralink has finally revealed where it's at on the whole human-machine mind-meld project, and if the phrase "Elon Musk says a monkey has been able to control a computer with its brain" is on your sci-fi apocalypse bingo card, we have good news for you.A livestreamed presentation on Tuesday evening U.S. time revealed that the company's tech involves incredibly fine "threads", covered in electrodes, inserted into the brain by a robot surgeon and implanted next to neurons and synapses. The threads then record the information being transmitted onto a tiny sensor called the N1.Musk and Neuralink president Max Hodak told the audience that they aim to have the technology in an actual human

The rapid rise of robot-aided surgery ignores the fact that high-tech gadgets don’t always improve treatment outcomes but do increase costs

In 2012, scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute launched the world's first clinical trial comparing robotic surgery to radiation therapy for the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer (cancer at the back of the throat).

Rush University Medical Center has now come up with a new robotic system that can increase the safety and precision of spinal fusion surgeries and can shorten the time required for the surgery at the...

A new technology that increases the safety and precision of spinal fusion surgeries while reducing the time needed for the procedure now is available at Rush University Medical Center.

Clinical studies on robot-assisted surgery for indications in the thorax and abdomen have so far shown few advantages for this cost-intensive surgical method.

A robotic catheter can move autonomously inside a heart to the location where surgery is required. It has a camera for vision and has been tested in 5 pigs

A robotic catheter can move autonomously inside a heart to the location where surgery is required. It has a camera for vision and has been tested in 5 pigs

High-tech surgical robots aren’t an improvement over traditional operations, the F.D.A. warns. For some patients, the robots may be worse.

High-tech surgical robots aren’t an improvement over traditional operations, the F.D.A. warns. For some patients, the robots may be worse.