Tag: clinical
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Distalmotion raises $150 million for its robotic surgery system
Distalmotion has raised $150 million in new financing. The company says this “significant fundraise reinforces the confidence” of its existing investors led by Revival Healthcare Capital. Dexter, Distalmotion’s robotic platform, is in day-to-day clinical use in Europe, successfully treating patients across a multitude of complex and high-volume procedures in general surgery, gynecology, urology.
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Noah Medical unveils first trials of its Galaxy robotic surgical system in human patients
Medical robotics innovator Noah Medical has unveiled its ongoing trial at Macquarie University Hospital in Sydney, Australia. The Frontier study is a first-in-human trial focused on the safety and feasibility of the Galaxy System, which is designed to improve location accuracy and successful diagnosis of lung nodules using its proprietary TiLT+ Technology. The study is…
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Massage robot to start product evaluation in the US and clinical trial in Singapore
Singapore robotics firm AiTreat will be embarking on a new product evaluation in the United States for their massage robot powered by artificial intelligence at Mayo Clinic, USA. At the same time, a randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing the efficacy of the massage robot with existing therapies such as manual Tuina – a massage used…
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Ronovo Surgical raises $50 million to commercialize robotic laparoscopy system
One of the fastest growing companies in the global robotic and digital surgery space, Ronovo Surgical, recently raised new financing to accelerate its vision of broad, cross-specialty adoption of robotic-assisted surgery. The latest round of financing arms Ronovo with more than $50 million raised since 2020. Led by LongRiver Investments (LRI), this round garnered continued…
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MicroPort MedBot NaviBot completes first clinical use of Skywalker surgical robot
MicroPort NaviBot International, in a recent collaboration with MicroPort Orthopedics, has completed the first clinical use of the SkyWalker Robotic System in the United States. Dr Joseph Kavolus, of Lighthouse Surgical Suites in Hollis, New Hampshire, conducted the successful procedure. Dr Kavolus specializes in orthopedic surgery and the treatment of orthopedic injuries. The SkyWalker Robotic…
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University Hospital Tübingen carries out first Dexter robotic surgeries in Germany
University Hospital Tübingen has successfully completed gynecological operations using the Distalmotion Dexter on-demand robotic surgery system. This marks the Swiss robot’s first clinical use in Germany. Professor Dr Diethelm Wallwiener, Prof Dr Sara Brucker, Prof Dr Bernhard Krämer and their teams used the Dexter robot in several surgical procedures.
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FDA approves Virtual Incision to complete clinical study enrollment for its MIRA platform
Virtual Incision, a medical device company pioneering the world’s first miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery platform, says the US Food and Drug Administration has approved an Investigational Device Exemption supplement to complete the final stage of its clinical study analyzing the MIRA Platform in bowel resection procedures. The approval was supported by a favorable interim clinical study…
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2022 Healthtech Forecast: Record-Breaking Technology Expansion
Artificial intelligence (AI) research has become one of the most active areas in computer science, with an expectation that AI will help to solve many problems in healthcare. The use of AI technology in healthcare is poised to dramatically improve medicine over the next few years as researchers find new ways to integrate it into…
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Medical robotics startup Clarapath raises $32 million in additional funding
Clarapath, a robotics startup aimed at catalyzing change in the way pathology laboratories process human and animal tissues, has undertaken follow-on financing, extending its Series B round with an additional $15.5 million in funding, following the previous close of $16 million in Series B funding. The round included The 4100 Group (the investment arm of…
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Explorer Surgical expands its digital platform into robotic surgery
Explorer Live, a cloud-based digital platform customized for medical device companies to share best practices live with surgical teams, is expanding into robotic surgery, predicted to be the fastest-growing market for the next 10 years. Medical robotics companies can now leverage Explorer Live, a digital platform featuring a first-of-its-kind procedural playbook, video capabilities and robust…