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Maria Iliakova, a surgeon who formerly worked at Mercy Iowa City, has invented a “vending machine” to keep track of surgical tools in operating rooms, decreasing the delays that sometimes occur when ...

Orthopedic surgery has always evolved alongside technology, from advances in biomaterials to minimally invasive techniques.Today, however, the pace of innovation is accelerating. AI, robotic ...

Cochlear implant surgery helps people with severe hearing loss by placing an electronic device inside the inner ear. To reach the inner ear, surgeons must first remove part of a bone behind the ear, ...

FALL RIVER — If robotic-assisted surgery makes you think of characters from 1960s TV cartoons or science fiction movies, think again. At Saint Anne’s Hospital, robotic-assisted technologies have been ...

The new method has been successfully used on more than 200 patients since 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Technological advances have enabled the use of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in a broad range of surgical specialties in recent years. From early applications, such as arthroscopic meniscectomy and ...

Sometimes, it is brain surgery, and Jim Pearson is the first to admit it’s not easy to overhaul the way neurosurgeons do their extremely delicate job. For 15 years, Pearson has nudged, coaxed and ...

UCLA engineers developed a novel sensor that could add a sense of “touch” to robotic surgery. Robert Candler, an associate professor of electrical engineering, helped develop a haptic feedback sensor ...