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Japanese Robotic System Shows Off Impressively Fast Movement and Dexterity

Filed under: in the news...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo's Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory have developed a robotic arm and sensor system that is capable of performing some amazing sleight of hand tricks. Using a high speed tracking camera and tactile sensors on the fingers,...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on August 25, 2009 12:00 AM



POTUS Tries Out Da Vinci Surgical Robot

Filed under: Society

During Barack Obama's healthcare reform tour, while touting cheaper clinical and technological approaches for medicine, the President got a hands-on experience with the Da Vinci robotic surgical system from Intuitive Surgical. The Cleveland Clinic, perhaps having an odd sense...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 28, 2009 12:07 AM



"Surgery's Past, Present and Robotic Future"

Filed under: in the news...

Catherine Mohr, a surgeon, engineer, and inventor of the LapCap, gave the following TED talk about the history of surgery and where new technology is taking the entire industry, giving a special focus to Da Vinci's robotic surgery technology. Link...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 22, 2009 12:14 PM



1800s Surgical Kit - Unboxing

Filed under: the good old days...

".. imagine it is the tool with which you are about to remove a man's limb. This is a dark, sombre instrument, with serious purpose." We don't often unbox things here at Medgadget. For whatever reason, Phillips and GE...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 20, 2009 11:04 AM



da Vinci Surgical System Now in Enhanced 3D HD

Filed under: Cardiac Surgery , Ob/Gyn , Surgery , Urology

Intutive Surgical, the ultimate toy maker in the surgery market (at least by price), has just announced a new da Vinci robotic endoscopic system. The da Vinci® Si™ system sports high definition 3D video and an array of other...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 6, 2009 12:00 AM



Under Development: New Laparoscopic Access Port for Da Vinci Robot

Filed under: Ob/Gyn , Surgery , Urology

SurgiQuest, Inc. is building a custom laparoscopic port for Intuitive Surgical's Da Vinci robotic system. Based on SurgiQuest's AirSeal, the goal of the new product is to provide single port access with a clearer camera view and a greater range...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 21, 2009 12:00 AM



DaVinci Origami

Filed under: not funny

In the following video Dr. Norihiko Ishikawa from the Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine at the University of Kanazawa uses the da Vinci robotic surgical system to fold origami cranes. Research like this could only have been performed in a...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 20, 2008 12:00 AM



Force Feedback Haptic Technology Used in Surgical Drilling Simulator

Filed under: Surgery

Haptic technology is probably finding more use in medicine than in any other industry, most famously found in the Da Vinci robotic surgical system. (Our mistake, Da Vinci is not a haptic device --ed.) Medic Vision Ltd., a Melbourne, Australia...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 14, 2008 12:00 AM



Robotic Snake May One Day Wrap Around Rod of Asclepius

Filed under: Surgery

A collaboration between researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, and Technion University in Israel has produced a miniaturized robotic probe that may one day replace traditional laparoscopic devices. The system is being developed by a spin off startup...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 4, 2008 12:11 AM



The Wellcome Collection

Filed under: Art

The City of London is now featuring a new museum, thanks to Sir Henry Wellcome, a pharmacist and philanthropist, whose collection became the foundation for a new permanent museum of medical artifacts, arts and memorabilia. On display at the...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 21, 2007 09:16 AM



Raven, the Mobile Surgical Space Robot

Filed under: Space Medicine

New details are emerging about NASA's Extreme Environment Mission Operations 12 (NEEMO 12) project, an underwater clinical exercise featuring experiments in robotic telesurgery and space medicine. The robotic equipment for this mission was designed by BioRobotics Lab at the...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 20, 2007 12:54 AM



CEO Is Seeking Advice

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Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, on his personal blog is seeking advice on whether BI should buy the da Vinci robotic surgical system. He is particularly interested in obtaining peer-reviewed data on...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on February 21, 2007 09:13 AM



Math to Improve Robotic Surgery

Filed under: Surgery , Urology

Johns Hopkins computer scientists in collaboration with surgeons are developing new mathematical models to improve the safety and efficiency of robotic surgery: The project, supported by a three-year National Science Foundation grant, has yielded promising early results in modeling suturing...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 8, 2006 09:18 AM



What is the Insane Secret of this Painting?

Filed under: Art

click to enlarge This weekend, the blogosphere has been buzzing about the recreation of the painting Maslenitsa Festival by A Kuplin. The rumor around the web is that a Russian professor claims that the artist had a severe mental...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 4, 2006 07:24 AM



The Tapeworm Revelation

Filed under: the good old days...

This is a story that has it all: an ancient controversy, modern sleuths with hi-tech tools, and of course, toilets and intestinal parasites. While we don't expect the next Da Vinci Code, we were nonetheless intrigued to learn the Dead...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on November 20, 2006 12:17 AM



da Vinci Robot Surgery System in Action

Filed under: Surgery , Urology

Here's a fascinating video by OR-Live.com, posted on Google Video, of the da Vinci surgical system being used for pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty. Check it out! Flashback: da Vinci Robot Surgery System...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 12, 2006 08:26 AM



Springer Launches Journal of Robotic Surgery

Filed under: Surgery

Springer Publishers (winner of the Medgadget Most Orwellian Slogan Award for "We Manage Knowledge") have launched the Journal of Robotic Surgery. I, for one, welcome our new robotic surgeon author overlords, led by Drs Kang and Kodos... Springer, one of...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 3, 2006 06:04 PM



2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners

Filed under: Art

Body Code by Drew Berry (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia); Jeremy Pickett-Heaps (University of Melbourne); François Tétaz Fourteen images and multimedia presentations have been given this year's Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge awards, a competition organized...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on September 29, 2006 09:22 AM



Cracking the Real Da Vinci Code

Filed under: Neurology

What was going through Da Vinci's Mind when he drew the Mona Lisa? A question that has striked many theories, and research that to this day could not answer this question accurately... Well, neuroarthistory, a new academic discipline developed...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on September 11, 2006 12:35 AM



Robots for Prostate Cancer

Filed under: Urology

The Robot OR invasion continues -- this week we learn that the Da Vinci System is headed for... the prostate. This UPenn press release shows how Dr. Lee and his team have cut down on prostatectomy side effects with...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 11, 2005 02:29 AM



Columbus and Treponema Pallidum

Filed under: the good old days...

It's Columbus Day weekend in the United States, and naturally our thoughts turn to venereal diseases. Specifically, did Columbus bring syphilis from the New World, back to the Old? It turns out, the spread of syphilis (T. pallidum) is a...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 7, 2005 12:00 AM



Robotic Technique Shows Promise in Gastric Bypass Surgery

Filed under: Surgery

Surgeons at Stanford have developed a robotic-assisted gastric bypass procedure that was shown to be qualitatively easier to perform and had a shorter intraoperative time. The system they used was the previously covered da Vinci Surgical System from Intuitive Surgical....permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on August 18, 2005 01:32 AM



da Vinci Robot Surgery System

Filed under: Surgery

The OR continues to be crowded by giant robots. Hot on the heels of the Penelope Surgical Instrument Server comes the new da Vinci Surgical System, from Intuitive Surgical: "The robot takes us a big step beyond traditional laparoscopy. It...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 7, 2005 03:06 AM