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ALBANY, New York, August 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New Report Added in ResearchMoz Reports Database "Surgical Robots Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018" New study Surgical Robots Market [http://www.researchmoz.us/surgical-robots-market-shares-strategies-and-forecasts-worldwide-2012-to-2018-report.html ] Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide: 2012 to 2018. The 2012 study has 263 pages, 75 tables and figures. Worldwide surgical robot...

FELDKIRCHEN, Germany, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer management technology leaders, Brainlab and Elekta announced the first installation of an Elekta linear accelerator (linac) equipped with ExacTrac® Patient Positioning system by Brainlab; a strategy to make radiosurgery treatments for cancer patients more accurate and comfortable. ExacTrac is planned to be integrated with a total of two Elekta linacs at Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Gurgaon, India. "ExacTrac is a...

MUNICH, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Brainlab announced the inauguration of the 300(th) Novalis(®) Radiosurgery Program. The addition of another healthcare facility to the worldwide Novalis treatment, communication and collaboration network allows Brainlab to expand and build upon this distinctive and comprehensive program that the company established 15 years ago and continues to transform. These centers all share premium, standard-defining Brainlab technology, allowing...

NEW YORK, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Does prostate cancer surgery lead to bladder surgery as suggested by a newly released Canadian study? Not today, says Dr. David Samadi, one of our nation's top prostate cancer surgeons. Robotic prostate surgery is the minimally invasive removal of a cancerous prostate. Innovation and refinement of technique, such as Dr. Samadi's SMART (Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Technique) surgery, has dramatically improved surgical outcomes over the...

PITTSBURGH, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. announced the world's first clinical use of the NavioPFS(TM) system, a Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR) completed on July 10, 2012 by Professor Johan Bellemans at the University Hospital at Pellenberg, Belgium. The NavioPFS surgical system represents the next generation of precision robotics in the orthopedic operating room, with an initial application in UKR surgeries, and a wide array of applications in...

SEATTLE and ORLANDO, Fla., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new collaboration between Florida Hospital Celebration Health and Mimic Technologies will add the latest robotic simulation training technology to the now world-recognized Nicholson Center. The agreement will result in improved surgical training for physicians using the da Vinci robot. The da Vinci is a complex surgical device that requires advanced skill for effective utilization. The new improvements in training for the...

New research has shown that surgical residents who received structured training in a simulated environment perform significantly better when they start operating on patients. The results of the study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital were so convincing that the University of Toronto implemented the training program they developed even before their research was published in the July issue of the Annals of Surgery. "Often surgical residents came to the OR and we didn't know whether...

LINTHICUM, Md., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to today's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), representatives of the American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU), the American Urological Association (AUA) and the Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), leading advocates for the specialty of urology, issued the following joint statement: "While we strongly advocate the provision of...

The Center for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center—a pioneer in robotic surgery—now offers the procedure to patients with sleep apnea, whose obstructive breathing prevents them from sleeping normally. New York, NY (PRWEB) June 25, 2012 The Center for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center—a pioneer in robotic surgery—now offers the procedure to patients with sleep apnea, whose obstructive breathing prevents...

Rick Wexler is a prostate cancer survivor who raised more than $2,000 for the Fathers' Day Gary Papa Run team from Urologic Consultants and Hahnemann Hospital; Dr. Jamison Jaffe captained the team. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) June 23, 2012 The best Father’s Day gift Rick Wexler got this year was experiencing the birth of his first grandchild in April. He celebrated by participating in the Fathers’ Day Gary Papa Run and raising more than $2,000 for the Urologic Consultants and...