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PITTSBURGH, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. announced that its NavioPFS(TM) Orthopedic Surgical System has received the Frost & Sullivan 2012 Global Orthopedic Surgery Technology Innovation Award. The NavioPFS system represents the next generation in "smart" orthopedic tools with precision robotics, having an initial application in unicondylar knee replacement surgeries (UKR), for treatment of patients with early to mid-stage osteoarthritis of the knee....

DENVER, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- People who may be considering surgery for a disease or medical condition now have greater access to the most advanced type of minimally invasive procedures available in Colorado. Cherry Creek Shopping Center visitors will be able to "test drive" the new da Vinci Robots in a one-of-a-kind experience on June 18 in the Center's Grand Court. HCA-HealthONE® LLC recently expanded the robotic surgery program - the Colorado Center for Robotic Surgery...

Surgeons at Humility of Mary Health Partners' St. Joseph Health Center have completed the first robot-assisted surgery in Trumbull County. Warren, Ohio (PRWEB) June 06, 2012 Surgeons at St. Joseph Health Center have completed the first robot-assisted surgery in Trumbull County. The first patient was 26-year-old Laura Pankuch, who underwent a robot-assisted hysterectomy April 13. Hysterectomies and other gynecological procedures are the first of many robot-assisted surgical procedures...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CardioFocus, Inc., developer of the HeartLight® Endoscopic Ablation System (EAS) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), announces new worldwide data with its technology was presented during the scientific sessions at Heart Rhythm 2012, the Heart Rhythm Society's 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions, in Boston, MA last month. The research, representing the first 400 patients treated solely with the HeartLight system,...

CHICAGO, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brainlab, a manufacturer of software-driven systems for targeted, less-invasive medical treatments, announced today that Akron General Medical Center will install both Brainsuite® iMRI and iCT, making it one of only a handful of hospitals in the world to offer both solutions. Brainsuite iMRI and iCT integrate intra-operative imaging--from high-field MRI to multi-slice CT--with surgical navigation, planning and digital data management in the...

ST. LOUIS, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stereotaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: STXS) today announced that William C. Mills III has been appointed as Chairman of its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Mills has considerable experience serving on the boards of growing companies in the medical technology and biotechnology fields. Mr. Mills replaces Fred A. Middleton, who will remain on the Board of Directors as an independent director. Mr. Mills is currently an independent venture...

Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments/Devices, Imaging & Visualization Systems & Medical Robotics Market research report will analyze the market potential for minimally-invasive and non-invasive surgery. (PRWEB) May 26, 2012 The “Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments, Imaging & Visualization Systems and Medical Robotics Market (2011 – 2016)” analyzes and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities in Americas, Europe, Asia, and Rest of the World....

Robot-assisted surgery has replaced another minimally invasive operation as the main procedure to treat kidney cancer while sparing part of the diseased organ, and with comparable results, according to a new research study by Henry Ford Hospital urologists. While the study shows that robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPD), available only since 2004, may also offer fewer complications than laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN), the researchers cautioned that available data did not allow...

Black prostate cancer patients may not be getting the same quality of care as white patients, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital who found racial disparities in the results of surgery to remove diseased prostates. While it is possible that anatomical differences or tumor characteristics may explain why the results of radical prostatectomy are not as good for African Americans as for white patients undergoing the same procedure, the study concluded...

ATLANTA, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For patients requiring coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the likelihood of choosing a better than average hospital depends significantly on the state where that hospital is located. According to new research conducted by Cardiac Data Solutions, patients randomly choosing a hospital in one of the 10 best states had a 1 in 3 chance of picking a hospital with better than average performance for both...