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Activ Surgical Raises $15M Advance Autonomous and Collaborative Surgery

by Fred Pennic 07/16/2020 Leave a Comment

Activ Surgical Raises $15M Advance Autonomous and Collaborative Surgery

What You Should Know: - Digital surgery pioneer Activ Surgical raises $15M in funding led by ARTIS Ventures to accelerate U.S. commercialization and European expansion efforts for its ActiveEdge platform, which enables existing surgical systems, from scopes to robots, to visualize, characterize and track tissue, in real-time beyond today’s human capability.  - ActivSight, is an easy-to-adapt, connected imaging module that seamlessly attaches to today’s laparoscopic and arthroscopic
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FundamentalVR Lands $5.67M for VR Surgical Training Simulation Platform

by Fred Pennic 10/30/2019 Leave a Comment

FundamentalVR Inks 3-Year Partnership with Mayo Clinic to Co-Develop Surgical VR Simulations, Raises Additional $1.4M

- FundamentalVR lands $5.67M to expand its virtual reality (VR) surgical training simulation platform with haptics (the sense of touch).  - Platform is deployed with a number of medical institutions across seven countries, including Mayo Clinic and UCLA in the U.S., UCLH in the U.K., and Sana in Germany with initial training packages focused on the orthopedic surgical disciplines.FundamentalVR, developers of immersive training technology for the surgical community has raised $5.67M in Series A
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5G in Healthcare: 7 Advantages & Disadvantages for Providers to Know

by D'Arcy Gue, Director of Industry Relations at Medsphere Systems Corporation 07/18/2019 Leave a Comment

5G in Healthcare: 7 Advantages & Disadvantages for Providers to Know

It’s a fact. The more bandwidth-intensive connected medical devices and mobile devices our hospitals deploy, the more we are straining our health IT infrastructures. Something has to give. Many communications leaders see 5G technology’s real-time high bandwidth and lower latency access as powerful new technology features that are needed to expand healthcare applications’ capabilities and the functioning of medical devices, robotics, and mobile devices. Some say 5G will be transformative. Others
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RSIP Vision Launches AI-Driven Solution for Knee Replacement Patients

by Fred Pennic 05/29/2019 Leave a Comment

RSIP Vision, a provider artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and image processing technology, has announced the release of a new AI module that promises a life-changing impact on the millions of patients who undergo knee surgery every year. For most, knee replacement surgery is a difficult option, with a painful recovery and a long, rigorous rehabilitation period. Now the superior accuracy and precision of the RSIP Vision AI solution, unmatched in the market today, revolutionizes knee
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Why Robotic Surgery is the Future of Urology

by Dr. Neal Patel, M.D., Chief Technology Officer at Advanced Urology 03/25/2019 Leave a Comment

Why Robotic Surgery is the Future of Urology

The evolution from open surgeries to minimally invasive procedures is in large part due to the development of robotics. Robotic technology allows surgeons to provide more precise, efficient outcomes for their patients than the traditional approaches used in open surgeries. From the first robotic-assisted procedure in 1985 (neurosurgical biopsy) to the invention of the da Vinci Surgery System for general laparoscopic surgery in 2000, the advancement of robotic surgery has continued to skyrocket
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Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Auris Health for $3.4B to Expand Digital Surgery Portfolio

by Fred Pennic 02/13/2019 Leave a Comment

Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Auris Health for $3.4B to Expand Digital Surgery Portfolio

Johnson & Johnson, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Auris Health, a developer of robotic technologies for $3.4 billion in cash. Auris Health is a privately held developer of robotic technologies, initially focused on lung cancer, with an FDA-cleared Monarch platform currently used in bronchoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. This acquisition will accelerate Johnson & Johnson’s entry into robotics and strengthens its digital surgery
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How Surgical Robots are Transforming the Operating Room

by Kayla Matthews 11/28/2018 Leave a Comment

How Surgical Robots are Transforming the Operating Room

During a traditional medical operation or surgery, the senior physician is at the helm with supporting doctors and nurses huddled nearby. Often, this process entails surrounding a patient who is positioned on a surgery table.Instruments will be stored in the same room, with nurses and assistants passing the necessary components to the doctor. Everyone listens, everyone works together, and it’s a close-knit, collaborative process.But that’s not how modern surgeries work anymore, at least not when
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FundamentalVR Inks 3-Year Partnership with Mayo Clinic to Co-Develop Surgical VR Simulations, Raises Additional $1.4M

by Fred Pennic 10/30/2018 Leave a Comment

FundamentalVR Inks 3-Year Partnership with Mayo Clinic to Co-Develop Surgical VR Simulations, Raises Additional $1.4M

FundamentalVR, a London-based virtual reality (VR) training, and data analysis technology startup, today announced a three-year strategic partnership with Mayo Clinic to co-develop new VR simulations leveraging haptic (sense of touch) technology for general surgical procedures, patient-specific modeling and emerging interfaces for robotic surgery.Additional $1.4M in FundingIn addition, the company has raised an additional $1.4 million in funding from existing investor Tern Plc. The company plans
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Mount Sinai Establishes Robotics Institute to Accelerate Robotic Surgery

by HITC Staff 11/17/2016 Leave a Comment

Google Robotic Assisted Surgery

Mount Sinai Health System announced this week it has established the Mount Sinai Robotics Institute (MSRI) to advance patient care and augment research and training. Since the first minimally invasive robotic surgery to treat head and neck cancer at Mount Sinai in 2008 surgeons at Mount Sinai have been on the forefront of pioneering robotic surgery techniques. Groundbreaking work such as new techniques and refinements, and complication reduction programs in these areas has distinguished MSRI as
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Robotic Surgery Is the Future of Medicine

by Our Thought Leaders 11/16/2015 Leave a Comment

Robotic Surgery

  Editor's Note:  Richard van Hooijdonk is a futurist and international keynote speaker on future technologies and disruption and how these technologies change our everyday lives. Van Hooijdonk and his international team research ‘mega trends’ on digital health, robotic surgery,drones, the internet-of-things, 3D/4D printing, Big Data and other how new technologies affects many industries.  The human body is a rather untidy place where your organs, bones, flesh, muscles, arteries
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