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2010 |
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| Intuitive surgical - May 2010 U.s.a. |
| International Conference of Robotics and Automation in Anchorage |
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New multi-DOF robotic micro-manipulators has been presented. The design of a new multi-DOF bimanual robotic arm for single port procedures is being developed by Intuitive Surgical and it is completely cable actuated by a multi-sheath system... |
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| Columbia University |
| New system using snake-like unites has been developed |
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Another system using snake-like units with a diameter of 6.5 mm, which can bend at angles between −90◦ to +90◦ in any direction by push and pull modes of three superelastic tubes, is developed at the Columbia University by Xu et al... |
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| Imalux |
| Medical imaging in a new light |
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There is some development of fiber based OCT probes and their application is being demonstrated in a range of surgical techniques including providing access through a rigid laryngoscope... |
| Source: Rubenstein et al, J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 39, p.150 (2010) |
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| Intuitive surgical |
| New DaVinci Si with double console and DaVinci simulator by Mimic. |
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The last significant improvements of the DaVinci system (by Intuitive Surgical) are the new platform with double master console and the surgical simulator specifically designed. The double console represent a new surgical approach and a new paradigm for training since a mentor surgeon can show a mentee surgeon the right movements to do while familiarizing with the robot arms control. Also the virtual surgical simulator fills the need of new methods for training. It allows to try basic surgical tasks using a console with commands that emulate exactly the DaVinci system... |
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2009 |
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| November 5 2009 Infinite Power Solutions |
| Infinergy |
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Infinite Power Solutions Launches INFINERGY Micro Power Module Product Family... |
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| April 22 - 25 2009 Nebraska Group |
| New Robotic System presented |
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On the SAGES-Meeting in Phoenix, the Nebraska group presented their new robotic system ... |
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2008 |
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| September 25 2008 ScienceDaily |
| Obesity Surgery Performed Through Vagina, U.S. First |
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On Tuesday, September 16, 2008, the UC San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery performed the nation’s first gastrectomy, a partial removal of the stomach, through the vagina. This new “natural orifice” technique may be an attractive alternative for the 200,000 U.S. patients who undergo surgery for the treatment of obesity each year... |
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| July 29 2008 ScienceDaily |
| Gallbladder Removed Through Uterus Without External Incisions |
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In April of last year, surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center made headlines by removing a women's gallbladder through her uterus using a flexible endoscope, aided by several external incisions for added visibility. Now, they have performed the same procedure without a single external incision in what surgeons report may be the first surgery of its kind in the United States...
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| June 20 2008 ScienceDaily |
| Minimally-invasive Weight Loss Surgery Improves Health And Morbidly Obese Teens |
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Teenagers' obesity-related medical complications improve just six months after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, according to outcomes data presented this week. The preliminary results by physician-scientists from Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Medical Center were presented on June 17 at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco...
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| June 13 2008 ScienceDaily |
| Surgeons Complete First Single-incision Lap-band Surgery In Texas |
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UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons have completed the first single-incision Lap-Band weight-loss surgery in Texas. Rather than the traditional five small incisions used for traditional laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, surgeons used a single 8-centimeter incision, reducing future scarring and accelerating healing... |
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2007 |
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| October 30 2007 Paris |
| NOTES: Innovative surgical technique |
| Surgical operations without opening the abdomen – natural openings in the body are used for access – Europe's first gallbladder removal performed in France |
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In future it may be possible to perform gastroenterological operations, for example on the gallbladder or the appendix, without the need for abdominal incision. The new technique is called NOTES (Natural Orifices Trans-lumenal Endoscopic Surgery). It is still under trial, and makes use of the natural body orifices such as the mouth, rectum or vagina to access the surgery area in the abdominal cavity. Europe's first gallbladder removal using this technique was recently performed at Strasbourg University Hospital, France, said scientists at the United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) in Paris, the largest European convention of its kind...
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| September 10 2007 ScienceDaily |
| Surgeons Remove Patient's Gall Bladder Through Vagina |
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Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center have performed the first clinical trial surgery in the Southwest to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of performing abdominal procedures through the body’s natural openings, virtually eliminating scarring... |
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| August 30 2007 by Gina Kolata |
| For the Overweight, |
| Bad Advice by the Spoonful |
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Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. For most, research shows, neither diets nor moderate exercise brings significant long-term weight loss.
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| - Weight control is not simply a matter of willpower. Genes help determine the body's "set point," which is defended by the brain. |
| - Dieting alone is rarely successful, and relapse rates are high.Moderate exercise, too, rarely results in substantive long-term weight loss, which requires intensive exercise... |
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