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This is from a list a CEO of a major hospital in Orange County and looks to be pretty accurate, except that there’s many other facilities that may challenge them on innovation and being the most advanced facility, but that’s marketing today. BD Reporter Erika I. Ritchie got these 10 notions on...
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The article states one needs an “anesthesia cockpit” , which is a workstation that handles and audio-visual link. A local anesthesiologist can over ride the system at any time. Last year there was a report of a robotic automated procedure too called McSleepy and you can read more at the link...
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Hospitals are investing in robots and if you read this blog often enough, you have seen several posts on this topic and under the related reading below there’s a brief summary. Their use though is also growing beyond just the hospital as this story in the New York Times shows how the CEO of Mozilla...
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This is an interesting video on how the “work horse” robot moves throughout the lab. It opens doors, calls elevators and does a lot of delivery processes that humans did before. It does talk a little, tells you get out of the way, and yes it also has manners and does say thank you. ...
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The ROBODOC surgery system was approved by the FDA back in August of 2008 and Sutter Hospitals in northern California are the first to use the new 3D robotic workstation for a hip replacement. DigiMatch(TM) ROBODOC(R) Surgical System Receives U.S. FDA 510(k) Marketing Clearance Knee and hip replacements...
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The study is an attempt to find better ways to help patients take their medications. This is an issue even outside the military and in 2 locations the automated EMMA system will be put into place. The system reminds with both the screen an an audible tone when medications are due to be taken...
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That’s right, CPT Codes for Robots in the patient home, so all we need now are patients who have the robots (grin). This is a further expansion of telehealth. These are for use in billing Medicare and Medicaid. We have seen the robots used in hospitals that allow physicians to...
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This is some very innovative use with touchscreen monitors. The technician just has to touch the stone and the device does the rest and positions the stone, and you get both X-ray and Ultrasound images are displayed in real-time. Next, choose the pressure and frequency settings...
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As posted a few weeks ago, the daVinci just received an upgrade. This is a good report from ABC News on the daVinci robotic device. The patient only had one small incision in his belly button to remove his prostate. What is also interesting is how the robot bags the organ when removed...
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These are 2 interesting devices with videos on each one. The second one is a bit more difficult to put on. The first device is lighter and basically offers support for moving around, while the second device is more of a support system. Both are very interesting and shoot the first one...
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From Venture Beat, and this looks to also have some nice healthcare use too with 3DV Systems. The technology will allow you to control your computer with hand gestures, in other words no mouse or keyboard. I have had some software around for a while that somewhat is similar, it uses a selected...
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This is the next human to replaced by a robot. Visit the links below to view the video and see how “Eve”works, algorithms and data mining make it happen. BD A robot scientist that can make informed guesses about how effective different chemical compounds will be at fighting different...
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We have all seen this robot doctor, or at least you have if you keep up with this blog, and now it appears he will be trading in his white coat for a set of fatigues. The same company, Ryder is now working on a new robot that will work with the military. The hospital version can be leased...
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Do you want to build a robot for use in healthcare, well here’s some software that might be of help. Also from the website, check out the RoboChamps Urban Challenge, very similar to DARPA’s Urban Challenge, the creation and use to Autonomous Cars, so in time we may just be having vehicles that...
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The robots are invading the hospitals and are really being put to good use too. Just last week the new Los Angeles County USC hospital opened with state of the art robots doing just this, delivering supplies. The move was done and now all are in the new facility, worth taking a look to see...