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AsepticSure Distribution Agreement Opens Door To Canadian Hospital Market

VICTORIAVILLE, Quebec, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Medizone International, Inc. (MZEI:OB) (MZEI:QB), the manufacturer of AsepticSure hospital disinfection systems, and Wood Wyant Canada, a subsidiary of Sanimarc Group, jointly announce that Wood Wyant has become a National Hospital Distributor of AsepticSure in Canada. Wood Wyant is national in scope and regional in focus, serving Canada...

Arctic Animal, Warm Hearts: National Robotics Week Display Features Robot Therapy for Palliative and Dementia Care

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 11, 2013 The PARO robot, named the "World's Most Therapeutic Robot" by the Guinness World Records organization, is being featured during a special exhibit for National Robotics Week at the Museum of Science...

Ultra-thin Direct Drive Rotary Table ACR-55UT from IntelLiDrives

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 IntelLiDrives, Inc. released Ultra-thin rotary table model ACR-55UT that features lowest profile direct drive on the market. This rotary actuator has 55 mm center aperture for applications in semico...

SRI International Sarnoff Introduces Iris on the Move® Drive-Up Biometric System at ISC West 2013

LAS VEGAS, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SRI International Sarnoff brings the security of iris recognition to drive-up applications with its new Iris on the Move® (IOM) PassThru™ system. Introduced today at ISC West 2013, this multimodal biometric product quickly captures face and iris images for accurate identity authentication at the perimeter of any location. The easy-to-use, autom...

Pittsburgh's Positive Investment Growth Bucks National Trends According to Ernst & Young and Innovation Works Report

Five-Year Data Show $1.3 Billion of Investment in Multiple Sectors PITTSBURGH, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While the rest of the nation generally saw declines in the number of venture capital dollars and deals last year, Pittsburgh's investment scene roared to life with a 54% increase in the number of financing deals while investment totals also outpaced the previous year. ...

Blue Belt Technologies Resolves Lawsuit

Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. (“Blue Belt”) today announced that it has resolved a lawsuit filed by MAKO Surgical Corp. (“Mako”) of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The suit asserted breach of contract and various unfair competition claims, all of which Blue Belt vehemently denied in its court filings. Blue Belt manufactures and markets the NavioPFS orthope...

IEEE Life Sciences Experts Chair Tracks on Bioinformatics and Collaborations and Open Access Innovations at 2013 Bio-IT World

IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced that two leaders of the IEEE Life Sciences Initiative are chairing tracks on Bioinformatics and Collaborations and Open Access Innovations at the 2013 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, taking place at the World Trade Center in Boston, MA from 9-11 April,...

NorDx Enhances Clinical Laboratory Diagnostic Services with State-of-the-Art Technology

PORTLAND, Maine, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NorDx, (Northern Diagnostic Laboratories), the largest reference laboratory in the state of Maine and a member of MaineHealth, today announces the acquisition of Sysmex® XN-Series Automated Hematology Analyzers.  NorDx and MaineHealth are the first clinical laboratories in the country to acquire the new Sysmex XN-Series he...

Omnetics SureCon 360 Connectors Conserve Space with IP67 Nano-sized Connectors

MINNEAPOLIS, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Many of the world's smallest and ruggedized ultra-miniature circular connectors are used within medical, commercial and military applications that require the best electrical performance for portable and miniature electronics. To ensure integrity, Omnetics used gold plated contacts that are polarized and shrouded by its unique liquid crystal polymer...

Health Robotics' Convention Demonstrations at Amerinet [Orlando], ASHP [Minneapolis], and Premier [San Antonio]

BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced the already scheduled Pharmacy Symposium demonstrations [including private demos] of its world-leading Robots and IV Workflow solutions at the Amerinet 2013 Member Conference to be held May 19-22 in Orlando [FL]; the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2013 Summer Meeting to be organized June 1-5 in M...

Mazor Robotics enters into agreement with major U.S. hospital for four Renaissance systems

Mazor Robotics Ltd., the developer of Renaissance, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, today announced that on March 28, 2013, it entered into an agreement for the acquisition of four Renaissance systems by a major...

Mazor Robotics Signs Agreement with Major U.S. Hospital Corporation to Acquire Four Renaissance Systems

Mazor Robotics Ltd. (TASE: MZOR), the developer of Renaissance™, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, today announced that on March 28, 2013, it entered into an agreement for the acquisition of four Renaissance systems by a major U.S. hospital corporation. The systems were installed in acute-care facilities owned by the...

GnuBIO Begins Shipment of Beta Systems

GnuBIO, Inc. (GnuBIO), www.gnubio.com a pioneer in the Desktop DNA sequencing market, announced today that it has achieved a significant milestone in the field of clinical genetics - the shipme

Potential Medical Applications For Swarming Robots

Swarms of robots acting together to carry out jobs could provide new opportunities for humans to harness the power of machines. Researchers in the Sheffield Centre for Robotics, jointly established by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam...

Boca Bearings Releases Packaging Industry Bearings

Boynton Beach, FL (PRWEB) March 31, 2013 Boca Bearing Company is pleased to introduce a new line of bearings developed for the different stages of packaging process. The company provides ceramic and ceramic hybrid bearings that can be utilized i...

Swarming robots could be the servants of the future

Swarms of robots acting together to carry out jobs could provide new opportunities for humans to harness the power of machines. Researchers in the Sheffield Centre for Robotics, jointly established...

Health Robotics Appoints Steve Thomas to Board of Directors

BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced the appointment of Steve Thomas to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Thomas spent 15 years in the Computer Industry and four years in Information Services before becoming President of Pyxis Corporation in 1997 and Group President of Cardinal Health in 1999.  In 2003 he acquired Valueselli...

Mazor Robotics Receives First Renaissance System Order From Taiwanese Distribution Partner

Mazor Robotics Ltd. (TASE:MZOR), the developer of Renaissance™, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, today announced that Pinnaclemed Co., Ltd., the Company’s distribution partner in Taiwan, purchased its first Renaissance system. The system will be installed during the second quarter in a leading institution in Taiwan...

Pinnaclemed purchases Mazor Robotics' Renaissance system

Mazor Robotics Ltd., the developer of Renaissance, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, today announced that Pinnaclemed Co., Ltd., the Company's distribution partner in Taiwan, purchased its first Renaissance system...

Berlin will Host the Most Exciting Digital Olfaction and Aroma Demonstrations Ever Organized

BERLIN, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Smell Show will present all devices which can capture odors and perfume, turn them into digital data so as to transmit them everywhere in the world and finally recapture the digital smell signal, diffuse and use them… The Scientific Committee of Digital Olfaction Society (DOS) announced the program of congress and demonstrat...

Houston’s Westside Surgical Hospital Acquires Mazor Robotics’ Renaissance System

Mazor Robotics Ltd. (TASE:MZOR), a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, today announced that Westside Surgical Hospital in Houston, Texas acquired its Renaissance™ system. The system will be used by the hospital’s renowned spinal surgeons, including Richard R.M. Francis, MD. This system marks the 7th Renaissance system in...

Robotic Positioning Arm Allows Proton Beams to Pinpoint Difficult-to-Reach Tumors at Loma Linda University Medical Center

For more than three decades various forms of robotics have been effectively applied in healthcare to advance different types of medical treatment and surgical processes. Now, the nation’s first robotic positioning arm for proton therapy is being used by Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) to provide physicians improved access to tumors typically...

Intuitive Surgical: Short-Term Turbulence, Long-Term Growth

ByNick Chiu:Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) was up 0.53% and closed at $489.39 on March 22, 2013. ISRG had been trading in the range of $455.18-$594.89 in the past 52 weeks. ISRG has a market cap of $19.64B with a beta of 1.58. A lot has happened since mid-February for ISRG, including questioning of robotics surgery, notice of FDA investigation, and questioning of da Vinci's effectiveness by profe...

Lab Notes: Wireless Sensor Moves Robotics into Future

(MedPage Today) -- It won't be long before rehabilitation will involve sensors implanted into the brain that move limbs by thought. Also this week, zebrafish and seizures and the potential for old bones to heal better.

Robotic Therapist Helps Train Kids With Autism Disorder

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online One two-foot-tall humanoid robot is acting as a therapist to help train children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The humanoid robot NAO (pronounced “now”) features an elaborate system of cameras, sensors and computers designed to help children learn how to coordinate their attention with other people and objects. Known to res...