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iDrive to Power Surgical Tools

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2007-12-21 18:09:37 by Michael in Medgadget
...surgical instruments from the company. PMI's Intelligent Surgical Instruments(tm) are computer-assisted, power-actuated endomechanical instruments that surgeons use for cutting, stapling and tissue manipulation in a variety of procedures in open surgery and minimally invasive surgery. Compared to conventional endomechanical devices, PMI...
 
Tags: instruments, intelligent surgical instruments, endomechanical instruments, surgical instruments, idrive, endoscopic linear cutter, power medical interventions, i60 robotic, i60
 
 
 
 
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Force Feedback Haptic Technology Used in Surgical Drilling Simulator

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2008-05-14 08:00:01 by Michael in Medgadget
...surgical system. Medic Vision Ltd., a Melbourne, Australia company that builds surgical simulators, is now using the popular PHANTOM force feedback device from SensAble in its new surgical drilling simulator, providing realistic feeling while reducing the need for smelly cadavers to train on. The Mediseus Surgical Drilling Simulator is the...
 
Tags: surgical, surgical procedure, ent surgical residents, mediseus surgical, haptic technology, simulator, deliver realistic surgical, technology, fidelity haptic technology
 
 
 
 
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Acrobot Surgical Robot Makes Students as Good as Surgeons

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2008-02-11 17:01:11 by Michael in Medgadget
...surgical assistance "makes hip operations so simple that even students can get good results," according to the BBC. Thirty two undergraduate medical students at Imperial College London were trained to perform hip resurfacing arthroplasty of hip procedures using planning software and surgical assistance from Acrobot, a robotic system we...
 
Tags: bones, repair hip bones, real hip bones, hip bones, practice hip operations, hip operations, operations, hip, hip procedures
 
 
 
 
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ReeTrakt Surgical Retractor

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2008-01-15 14:07:36 by Michael in Medgadget
...surgical retractors. ReeTrakt is the new generation of disposable soft-tissue surgical retractor systems providing complete retraction flexibility and optimal exposure of view in a variety of surgical procedures. It has been designed in conjunction with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore for surgeons to gently retract and secure...
 
Tags: reetrakt, reetrakt introduces, procedures, surgical procedures, mark, mark slack, insightra medical, complete retraction flexibility, view
 
 
 
 
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World's First Surgical Drilling Simulator Using Haptic Technology

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2008-05-19 05:04:41 by Editor in Medlaunches.com
...surgical simulators, is now using the well accepted PHANTOM force feedback device from SensAble in its new surgical drilling simulator, providing realistic feeling to the trainees. The Mediseus Surgical Drilling Simulator provides solution for temporal bone drilling to rely on the same viewing and operating technology as surgeons use during...
 
Tags: surgical, surgical procedure, builds surgical simulators, simulator, mediseus surgical, trainees, phantom haptic device, trainees hold, temporal bone
 
 
 
 
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ATS Medical Gets CE Mark for CryoMaze Surgical Ablation System

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2008-08-19 10:16:15 by Michael in Medgadget
...Surgical Ablation System is the only surgical cardiac ablation option that can safely and effectively complete all lesions in the "gold standard" Cox-Maze III procedure with a single product and one energy source. And the versatility of the system makes it adaptable to any procedure or surgical approach Cryothermy involves the employment of...
 
Tags: ats medical, mark, procedure, cox-maze iii procedure, mark regulatory approval, cryomaze product brochure, product brochure, ats medical announces, approval
 
 
 
 
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Rubber Surgical Gloves: Invented and Disinvented at Hopkins

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2008-01-16 19:26:50 by Michael in Medgadget
...surgical gloves, and now the very same institution has instituted a moratorium on them. It was at Hopkins that immunologists Robert Hamilton, Ph.D., and Franklin Adkinson, M.D., conducted early key research related to the problems of natural rubber latex as an allergen. Furthermore, Brown points out, the nurses and other frontline hospital...
 
Tags: hopkins, johns hopkins hospital, johns hopkins, latex, latex-safe policy, natural rubber latex, rubber surgical gloves, natural rubber, surgical gloves
 
 
 
 
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Eye Control for the DaVinci Surgical Robot

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2008-03-25 00:00:59 by C. S. Magor in The Uber-Review
...surgical robot that has managed to incorporate the very latest research coming out of the Imperial College London. New technology has been added to the Da Vinci in the form of an attachment that tracks the surgeons eyes. Through this attachment, the surgeon will be able to control the robots field of view via the movements of his or her eyes....
 
Tags: robot, exceptional surgical robot, wifi connectable robot, surgeon, water glider, surgeons eyes, provide valuable assistance, eyes, vinci
 
 
 
 
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MAQUET Introduces PowerLED 500 Surgical Lights

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2008-05-22 17:23:01 by Michael in Medgadget
...surgical lights from MAQUET , developed by the company in its Innovation Center in Ardon/Orléans, France, are packed with advanced features such as "dynamic electric illumination control represented by the flux stability program (FSP)" and "automatic illumination management (AIM)," whatever all that means. We like the fact that these LED...
 
Tags: surgical lights, german healthcare export, illumination, automatic illumination management, flux stability program, warmwhite leds cover, product brochure, warmwhite leds, product