CIS news

• “Pop-up” endoscope arm developed at Harvard
• Hybrid rigid-soft robotic arm for use with flexible endoscopes 
• Auris raised another $280m in a series D to further develop its minimally invasive lung cancer surgery treatment solution
• Globus acquires KB Medical
• Senhance Surgical Robot system was used in the 1st 3mm micro laparoscopic robotic surgeries
• A growing robot from Stanford
• MIMIC's simulators are on the rise 
• West Florida Healthcare invests into a Da Vinci XI and a Mazor X
• Transoral robotic surgery cuts patient recovery time
• CMR hires its 100th employee
• Longtai Medical became the largest shareholder of Titan Medical 
• Why robotics and AI still face an uphill battle in healthcare 
• TransEnterix announces 1st Senhance U.S. Innovation Center at Florida Hospital Orlando
• New Oncothermia cancer treatment machine in Saudi Arabia
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• Robotic surgery market: Global industry analysis and forecast to 2020 
• Still not too late to submit for SPIE 2018
• Asian markets are to grow at large