Miscellaneous

Here's a short video Media Stream produced for Saint Francis Hospital highlighting their DaVinci Robotics
surgery service. The video features Larry Hughes who interviews Dr. Cornelius Verhoest a world reknown specialist in robotic surgery.

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DISCLAIMER: Surgical imagery depicted. Not for the easily squeamish! // Medical technology is getting weirder everyday -- in a good way. Robotic surgery and computer-assisted medicine are already doing amazing things right now -- just look at the da Vinci Surgical System! Are you ready to ditch the hospital and buy a robot surgeon for the home?

Let's say you have to have a dangerous surgical procedure. Which would you choose? The best human surgeon alive today, or the best robot surgeon from 50 years in the future? Let us know your decision and why in the comments below!

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Of the roughly 3 million cardiac catheterizations performed annually an increasing number are using technology that aims to benefit doctors and patients. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb

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Abstract: Virtual reality based surgical training is an emerging area of research interests. We have developed iDental, a simulator with haptic-visual-audio feedback for dental skill training. The simulator aims to train dental students in their early stage of learning to acquire basic operational skills. Based on our unique haptic rendering methods, iDental achieved some important features, including 6 degree-of-freedom haptic feedback, deformable object simulation, bi-manual coordination, and the simulation of fine manipulation in a narrow oral cavity. In this talk, I will briefly introduce the functions and the features of iDental, discuss challenging problems in haptic rendering, present preliminary user evaluation results and highlight some future research and development topics.

Biography: Yuru Zhang is a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation at Beihang University in Beijing where she served as the associate dean of the school, the associate director of Robotics Institute. Currently she is the associate director of the State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and System. Her primary research interest is haptic human-machine interaction including haptic user interface, teletraining and neurohaptics. She has published over 150 technical papers and holds 22 issued patents. She co-authored two books including "Robotic Dexterous Hands" funded by the National Science Foundation of China, and "Haptic Rendering for Simulation of Fine Manipulation" published by Springer. Professor Zhang is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASME. She is on the Advisory Board for Teaching, the Ministry of Education, China. She was awarded the Outstanding Professional for the 21 Century by the Ministry of Education and the Excellent Investigator Award by the formal Ministry of Aeronautics Industry in China.

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Step in front of a mirror and see your skin and flesh stripped away, revealing your organs below
Full story: "Digital mirror reveals what lies under your skin"

by Aviva Rutkin
April 15, 2014

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“How do moms do this?!”

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The robot arm used on the ISS was also developed for use in minute and detailed brain surgery.

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The human body is host to 100 trillion microorganisms, ten times the number of cells in the human body and these microbes contain 100 times the number of DNA genes that our human DNA does. The microbial component of our "superorganism" is comprised of hundreds of species with immense biodiversity. Thanks to the National Institutes of Health's Human Microbiome Program researchers have been discovering the states of the human microbiome in health and disease. To put a more personal face on the "patient of the future," I have been collecting massive amounts of data from my own body over the last five years, which reveals detailed examples of the episodic evolution of this coupled immune-microbial system. To decode the details of the microbial ecology requires high resolution genome sequencing feeding Big Data parallel supercomputers. Since modern medicine has not taken into account the nature and changes in the human microbiome, we can look forward to revolutionary changes in medical practice over the next decade.

Larry Smarr is the founding Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), a UC San Diego / UC Irvine partnership and the Harry E. Gruber professor in UCSD's Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). Before that he served as founding Director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He advises NASA, NIH, DOE, and NSF. His views have been quoted in Science, Nature, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, Wired, Fortune, Business Week, CNN, and the Atlantic. His personal interests include growing orchids, snorkeling coral reefs, and quantifying the state of his body.

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Vending machines generally offer up sodas, candy bars and chips. Not so for the one created by TED Fellow Gabe Barcia-Colombo. This artist has dreamed up a DNA Vending Machine, which dispenses extracted human DNA, packaged in a vial along with a collectible photo of the person who gave it. It's charming and quirky, but points out larger ethical issues that will arise as access to biotechnology increases.

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UBM Canon's Vu Nguyen chats with InCube Labs' Mir Imran about Medical device innovation challenges and solutions in 2013.

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"Of course, if it's a man takes away from me, then it all goes much much faster. This feeling: I as physically Limited can not make 'a lot, with the help of technology. I think that's great. "Lena Kredel brings the future into the present. Together with a robot is part of a research project at the Institute of Automation in Bremen. The goal is to return people like Lena their autonomy.

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Medical Robotic Systems Market (Surgical Robots, Non-Invasive Radiosurgery Robotic Systems, Prosthetics and Exoskeletons, Assistive and Rehabilitation Robots, Non-Medical Robotics in Hospitals and Emergency Response Robotic Systems) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2012 - 2018

Description


The use of robotic surgery systems in medical procedures dates back to the 1980s. Since then, this market has experienced tremendous growth in terms of product innovation and development as well as uptake by end-users. The major advantages of these systems include improved surgical outcomes, accurate procedure execution and rapid post-surgical recovery of the patient. In addition to these factors, the growing global aging population and increase in the per-capita healthcare expenditure are set to drive future growth of this market.

This report studies the market for medical robotic systems by different types of systems including surgical robots, non-invasive radiosurgery, emergency response, prosthetics, assistive & rehabilitation and non-medical robotic systems. The global market has been segmented based on these systems, and market size and forecasts for the period 2010 to 2018 have been provided for each segment, in terms of USD million. The CAGR (%) of each market segment for the forecast period 2012 to 2018 has also been provided, considering 2011 as the base year.

The market has also been segmented geographically into four regions, namely, North America, Europe, Asia and RoW, and respective market sizes have been highlighted for each of these regions. A qualitative analysis of the market dynamics including the factors responsible for driving and restraining growth of this market, and future opportunities is described in the market overview section.

The competitive landscape section includes market share analysis of all the leading players in this market, for the year 2011. Some of the major players profiled in this report include Accuray, Inc., Hansen Medical, Inc., Intuitive Surgical, Varian Medical Systems, iRobot Corporation, MAKO Surgical Corp. and Stereotaxis, Inc.
The global medical robotic systems market is segmented as follows:
Global medical robotic systems market, by segments
Surgical Robots
Orthopedic Robotic Systems
Robodoc surgical system
MAKO RIO surgical system
iBlock surgical system
Navio PFS surgical system
Stanmore Sculptor surgical system
Neurosurgery robotic systems
NeuroMate surgical system
Pathfinder surgical system
Renaissance surgical system
General laparoscopy robotic systems
Da Vinci robotic surgery system
FreeHand endoscope holder system
Telelap ALF-X surgical system
Noncatheter percutaneous robotic systems
InnoMotion robot arm system
Steerable catheters
Sensei X robotic catheter system
Niobe remote magnetic navigation system
Non-invasive Radiosurgery Robotic Systems
CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system
TrueBeam STx radiosurgery system
Gamma Knife Perfexion radiosurgery system
Emergency response robotic systems
AutoPulse Plus robotic system
LS-1 robotic system
Others
Prosthetics/Exoskeletons
Rheo – knee prosthetic
C-leg - knee prosthetic
i-limb ultrahand – hand prosthetic
ReWalk - walking assistance exoskeleton
Assistive and rehabilitation systems
Handy 1 assistive robot
iARM - robotic arm
Mobility System – muscle re-education device
Lokomat rehabilitation system
Non-medical robotics in hospitals
Telemedicine robots
Cart transportation robots
Robotic hospital pharmacy
Global medical robotic systems market, by geography
North-America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Rest of the World (RoW)

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Device Improves Neuroplasticity for Quicker Recovery. An apparatus for the rehabilitation of stroke victims is conquering hospitals. It is being tested in particular by the CHUV hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland and soon by the Stanford Stroke Center in the United States.

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Topics Covered
Abstract
Introduction
What are Nanorobots
Elements of Nanorobots
The Constituents and Design of Nanorobots
Approaches for the Construction of Nanorobots
Recognition of Target Site by Nanorobots
Strategies Employed by Nanorobots for Evading the Immune System
Nanorobots in Cancer Detection and Treatment
Practical Example of Nanorobots Approach for Cancer Detection and Treatment
Nanorobots in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes
Controlling Glucose Level using Nanorobots
Respirocyte - An Artificial Oxygen Carrier Nanorobot
Artificial Phagocytes – Microbivores Nanorobots
Chromallocyte: A Hypothetical Mobile Cell-Repair Nanorobot
Further Applications of Nanorobots
Conclusion
References
Contact Details

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Aethon and El Camino Hospital co-present the keynote talk at RoboBusiness 2013 and discuss an Intralogistics(tm) implementation using 20 TUG robots in the hospital to deliver medications, laboratory specimens, meals, materials, trash and linens.

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ASK NAO (Autism Solution for Kids) was created by Aldebaran Robotics to customize NAO, our humanoid robot, in order to support teachers with in-class tasks and help children with autism reach new levels of greatness.

This initiative was developed after noticing that many children with Autism seem impulsively attracted to technology therefore allowing NAO to become the perfect bridge between technology and our human social world.

ASK NAO clears the path for a revolution in thinking, driven by those who are most intimate with Autism and technology. Altogether with NAO, we can shape the special education world of tomorrow for the best of the children.

To accomplish this Aldebaran Robotics is creating a multi-sided community made up of developers, therapists, researchers, teachers, parents, enthusiasts, and the Aldebaran team collaborating to help children at surpassing their limits!

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Abstract
Image-guided minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized the standard of care throughout the body. While robotics has been an important part of the solution for certain laparoscopic procedures, its impact has been limited by the size and straight-line access requirement of many existing robotic systems. Our lab is investigating smaller, less-invasive robot technologies and two will be described in this talk. The first is a type of continuum robot that is based on concentrically combining pre-curved elastic tubes. We are designing these robots together with a tool set with the goal of converting intracardiac procedures currently performed as open-heart surgery to percutaneous, beating-heart interventions. We are also developing tetherless robots that can move or swim inside the body and that are powered, controlled and imaged using an MRI scanner. Applications of this technology at several length scales will be discussed including robotic implants for applying tissue traction forces and millimeter-scale robots for targeted drug delivery.

Speaker Biography
Pierre E. Dupont is Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering and holder of the Edward P. Marram Chair at Boston Children's Hospital. His academic appointments include Visiting Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. His research group develops robotic instrumentation and imaging technology for minimally invasive surgery. He received the BS, MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. After graduation, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. He subsequently moved to Boston University, Boston, MA, USA where, until 2009, he was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. His group has received a number of paper awards including the King-Sun Fu Best Paper Award of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics in 2010 and the IEEE ICRA Best Medical Robotics Paper Award in 2012. He is an IEEE Fellow who has served in many capacities with the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.

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A surgical team at Medical City performed the first single site hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot on May 9. The patient’s uterus, ovaries and cervix were removed after Medical City’s Dr. Thomas Heffernan made one tiny incision in the belly button. The procedure is virtually scarless, due to the natural appearance of the navel. Traditional robotic surgeries require three to four small incisions. Dr. Heffernan is one of a small group of surgeons in the nation, and one of only two in Texas, who is trained to perform the single-site robotic surgery. Benefits of the surgery include minimal pain, low blood loss, and a typical hospital stay of 24 hours. This particular patient took two-mile walks just days after the surgery.

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