Tag: galaxy

  • Noah Medical raises $150 million to scale robotics surgery solutions

    Noah Medical raises $150 million to scale robotics surgery solutions

    Medical robotics innovator Noah Medical has raised $150 million in Series B funding. With participation from a number of well-known institutional and strategic investors, Noah Medical says it will use the funds to meet rising demand for the Galaxy System, its next-generation, integrated solution for navigated robotic bronchoscopy. Co-led by the Softbank Vision Fund and…

  • Noah Medical unveils first trials of its Galaxy robotic surgical system in human patients

    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…

  • Noah Medical receives FDA clearance for its robotic surgery system

    Noah Medical receives FDA clearance for its robotic surgery system

    Medical robotics innovator Noah Medical has received FDA clearance for its Galaxy System. The Galaxy System and its accessories are intended to provide bronchoscopic visualization of and access to patient airways for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The majority of potentially cancerous lesions are located in the outer third of the lung, which is more difficult…

  • Samsung shows off robot that tests Galaxy Fold smartphone

    Samsung shows off robot that tests Galaxy Fold smartphone

    Samsung has been showing off the robot the company uses to test the new Galaxy Fold smartphone. (See video below.) The Galaxy Fold is a new type of smartphone – the main feature being the foldable screen. The Galaxy Fold was scheduled for release a few days ago, but early reviews suggested that the foldable…

  • Beam me up, Scotty. Or send me a foldable smartphone

    Beam me up, Scotty. Or send me a foldable smartphone

    If you’re among the millions of people who watched the sci-fi TV show Westworld and saw the folding smartphones used by some of the characters, you probably immediately thought, “I want one of those.” That’s what we thought anyway. And whereas the old, 1960s Star Trek showed off tablet computers and other technologies many decades…

  • SquareTrade uses ‘killer robots’ to test new smartphones

    SquareTrade uses ‘killer robots’ to test new smartphones

    SquareTrade Labs says it used ‘killer robots’ to test some of the latest smartphones on the market, namely the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, and the iPhone 6s. The gadget protection specialist says its tests show the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge were water-resistant, but that the Apple iPhone 6s is “still sturdier…