Oxford University Hospitals to use robotic platform for spinal surgery
Oxford University Hospitals has become the first NHS Trust in the UK to acquire ExcelsiusGPS, a robotic navigation platform for spinal surgery.
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Industry news round up in brief
The latest Digital Health industry news round-up features news Chelsea and Westminster has deployed an app to help patients navigate the hospital.
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Kettering Hospital builds ‘Mary Bot’ to automate Covid reporting
Kettering set out to use robotic process automation to create the trust’s daily Covid-19 situation report, collecting data from its 50 wards each day.
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South Tees leads the way for robotic surgery in NHS
Surgical teams at The James Cook University Hospital now have three da Vinci robots, allowing them to treat patients with minimally invasive procedures.
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Government pledges £32m for transformative health technology projects
The projects range from an AI x-ray scanner to diagnose cancer more quickly and robotic muscles to assist those recovering from a stroke.
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‘World’s first’ multi-user conversational robots to support elderly healthcare
A four-year project funded by Horizon2020 will develop socially assistive robots able to perform “open social conversation” in a healthcare setting.
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New partnership to explore use of robots at North Bristol NHS Trust
The partnership with Bristol Robotics Laboratory will centre on the development of AI and robotics capable of supporting patients at NBT.
Infrastructure
Robotic heart and 3D ‘map’ among finalists for £30m BHF grant
The charities Big Beat Challenge is a global initiative to galvanise researchers and inspire transformational solutions to tackle cardiovascular disease.
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Legal considerations when it comes to robotics in surgery
Hamza Drabu, a partner at DAC Beachcroft, considers some of the main legal considerations associated with contracting for robotics used in surgery.
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Imaging, robotics and AI to form part of new international cancer research
Charities and universities have teamed up to form the International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection to develop new strategies for detecting cancer.
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