Corindus Vascular Robotics (OTC:CVRS) today touted the first commercial installation of its CorPath GRx robotic surgical system outside of the US. The CorPath GRX platform, a robot-assisted system for percutaneous coronary interventions such as stenting, was purchased and installed at the Ahmedabad, India’s Apex Heart Institute, the Waltham, Mass.-based company said. Read the whole story on […]
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Here are top surgical robotic features from MassDevice and its sister publications (and scroll down to read the latest cardiology device news from MassDevice):
+ Intuitive details da Vinci 5 launch plans with limited supply of next-gen surgical robotics systems
+ 10 surgical robotics companies you need to know
+ The secret behind Intuitive’s surgical robotics success
+ Surgical robotics trends and how to accelerate adoption
+ How surgical robotics safety systems prevent patient harm
+ These surgical robotics arms are destined for the trash — by design
Latest Surgical Robotics News
Minimally invasive surgical robot dev Virtual Incision raises $18m in Series B
Virtual Incision said today it raised $18 million in a Series B funding round to support FDA 510(k) submission for its next-gen minimally-invasive robotically assisted surgical device. The round was co-led by newly invested Sinopharm Capital and existing investor BlueStem Capital and was joined by PrairieGold Venture Partners and other investors, the company said. Read […]
Researchers create ultrasound-sensor powered prosthetic hand with individual digit control
Researchers are one step closer to creating a prosthetic hand that allows user to have full control over each finger, according to a new report from Georgia Tech. Researchers at the university say they have created an ultrasonic sensor which allows amputees to control individual fingers on a prosthetic hand, with enough sensitivity to play […]
Think Surgical wins CE Mark for TKA procedures with TSolution One robotic platform
Orthopedic robotic surgical platform developer Think Surgical said today it won expanded CE Mark approval in the European Union for its TSolution One surgical system, now cleared for use in total knee arthroplasty procedures. The TSolution One system is designed to aid in creating personalized pre-surgical joint replacement plans using CT-based 3D planning and and […]
Study: Intuitive’s ‘black box’ recorder shows quantifiable skill differences among surgeons
A ‘black box’-style recording device developed by robotic surgical platform industry leader Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) may be able to objectively measure surgeon’s proficiency during robotically-assisted surgeries, according to a new report. The dVLogger, developed by Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company, is designed to capture both anonymized video and movement data from the da Vinci robotic surgical platform after being […]
Intuitive Surgical pays $274m, closes $2B share buyback deal
Robotic surgical giant Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) paid $274 million to Goldman Sachs to close a nearly year-long buyback of its common stock, according to an SEC filing posted yesterday The payback was part of a total $3 billion stock repurchasing deal the company initiated on January 27, in which is paid $2 billion for an […]
Titan Medical installs 3rd, final Sport system for validation & feasibility trials
Titan Medical (TSX:TMD) said today it installed a Sport robotic surgical system at the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire de Strasbourg, marking the 1st installation of the system in Europe and the final planned installation for the company’s feasibility and validation studies. The Toronto-based company said it expects studies to begin at the facility in the fourth quarter of 2017 […]
Robocath adds $2m for new neurovascular platform
Medical robotics startup Robocath said today that it added about $2 million (€1.7 million) to the more than $5 million it raised earlier this year, taking its total to $7.5 million in funding this year. Rouen, France-based Robocath, which is developing the R-One robotic platform for coronary angioplasty, is pursuing CE Mark approval in the European Union for […]
Titan Medical closes upsized $18m round
Titan Medical (TSX:TMD) said today that it closed a funding round that brought in nearly $4 million more than it was originally expecting, grossing more than $18 million for the Sport robot-assisted surgery device it’s developing. Last month the Toronto-based company upsizedthe previously announced offering to between $14.1 million and $18 million ((C$18 million to C$23 million), up from […]
Report: Mazor Robotics CEO under Israeli investigation for insider trading
Mazor Robotics (NSDQ:MZOR) CEO Ori Hadomi is under investigation by the Israel Securities Authority over accusations of insider trading, according to a report from the Calcalist. The investigation dates back to a probe launched in May by Israel’s version of the US Securities & Exchange Commission, though the subject matter of the investigation was not […]
Chinese Xiaoyi AI-platform passes national medical licensing tests
A Chinese robotic and artificial intelligence platform has passed the country’s national medical licensing examination, according to a report from Futurism. The Xiaoyi robotic platform, developed by AI-company iFlytek, was originally designed to capture and analyze patient information. But the system was also able to pass the licensing test with a score of 456, 96 […]