POSTS TAGGED AS minimally invasive surgery

Pressure Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Revolutionizing the field of minimally-invasive surgery in Singapore
“Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel aero-elastic [MORE]

Self-Folding Soft Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Self-folding soft-robotic chains with reconfigurable shapes and functionalities
“Here, we [robotic engineers at ETH Zurich] present a class of magnetic soft-robotic [MORE]

Harvard’s Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Surgery

Pop-up Soft Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Procedures
Quoting directly: “We were able to design a device that can lie flat when [MORE]

“Voltaglue” for Repairing Blood Vessels

Assoc Prof Terry Steele and Dr Manisha Singh.
“A team of researchers led by NTU Singapore has developed a device that [MORE]

Transforming Operating Rooms

OR of the future
Operating rooms are the heart of any hospital.  Johns Hopkins Hospital has 33 ORs; Mayo Clinic, 87 [MORE]

Cardiac Microcurrent Implant

Implant heals heart
Pulses of low current electricity can cause heart tissue to regenerate.  Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna [MORE]

Robot Assisted Uterus Transplant Delivers a Healthy Baby

Baby boy born after a uterine transplant
In what Swedish surgeons at the University of Gothenburg call “the Robot Project,” a [MORE]

Robotic Medicine

Ekso Bionics’ EksoGT™ Wearable Exoskeleton
Robotic surgery systems, robotic medical dispensing, and robotic exoskeletons for rehabilitation are three areas where bioengineering [MORE]

Camera that Sees through the Body

Human Body Illuminated
“Experts have integrated thousands of single photon detectors onto a silicon chip, similar to that found in a [MORE]

Photon Imaging through Deep Tissue

Photon Medical Camera
As an endoscopic camera is inserted into the body, scattered light diminishes the image it shows. Researchers at [MORE]

An Injectable Tissue Patch

Injectable Tissue Scaffold
Rather than repair heart damage using open chest surgery, engineers at the University of Toronto have created an [MORE]

Harvard’s Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Surgery

Soft Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Exam
Quoting directly: “We were able to design a device that can lie flat when the [MORE]

“Spray Painting” Biomaterials to Repair Hearts

Spray Painted Heart
While this piece suggests a major breakthrough in treating heart damage due to myocardial infarction, it is yet [MORE]

Stryker’s Surgical Robot for Knee Replacements

Stryker Mako Robot
About a million arthroplasties (joint replacements) are performed worldwide annually, and many of them are bloody affairs, with [MORE]