CIS news

• Radical cystectomy shown to have same clinical outcome for da Vinci and open version
• Medrobotic's snake robot now focuses on throat surgery (Read how they secured their first $28M VC money, and then now received $33M)
• Greatest need for health care robotics
• Polish VR system debuted
• da Vinci video: Stage IV endometriosis
• McSleepy, the anesthesia robot
• Check out the Robotics and Rehabilitation interest group                                
• Check out the EU project HipRob - Robot-assisted and US-guided navigation for hip  arthroplasty
• (See an intro video)

• Bevare! Affordable Care Act intdiduces 2.3% excise tax on medical devices in the US
• Hamlyn Robotics will be back in 2013! Apply by March 20.
• MR-guided focused ultrasound for healing
• Brain-driven rehab robotics
• Outlook for Health Care Robotics for 2013 

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