Endiatx is planning a pivotal trial for its swallowable, steerable Pillbot robot camera at Mayo Clinic campuses this year. The Hayward, California–based startup has already started first-in-human trials in New Zealand, Endiatx told MassDevice this week. Endiatx plans to publish data from those trials, saying they are “progressing well, and physicians appreciate the technology.” MDO […]
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Designing for healthcare robotics: 2 things you need to consider
Have an idea for an innovative healthcare robot? Here are a few design principles to help you avoid common pitfalls. Ken Haven, Acorn Product Development When people think of robotics, they often think about warehouses or manufacturing lines, where robots automate multiple processes. But robotics has the potential to reshape the way healthcare is delivered in a […]
Surgical robots: Hospital CTO talks differentiators in new crop of competitors
For the last 10 years, if anyone mentioned robotic surgery or surgical robots, 95 percent of the time they meant the da Vinci robot from Intuitive Surgical. “That product has been so dominantly successful that almost everybody who talks about it is talking with that as their reference point,” said Roger Smith, chief technology officer […]
