Robotic knee replacements a first in the North East
Orthopaedic surgeons at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital are the first in the North East to use robotic surgery in the NHS...
Read MoreMotorised prosthetic arm can sense touch and move with your thoughts
Keven Walgamott had a good "feeling" about picking up the egg without crushing it. What seems simple for nearly everyone...
Read MoreTech-savvy people more likely to trust digital doctors
According to researchers at Penn State, people with high confidence in machine performance and also in their own technological capabilities...
Read MoreEngineers 3D print flexible mesh for ankle and knee braces
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have designed pliable, 3-D-printed flexible mesh materials whose flexibility and toughness they can tune to...
Read MoreHigh marks for bone bank
Wrightington Hospital’s Bone Bank has once again achieved the stringent criteria set out by regulatory body, the Human Tissue Authority...
Read MoreRCS sets out new guidance for introducing surgical innovations
The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has recently published new guidance to provide surgeons with up-to-date thinking on the development...
Read MoreMicrogels let medical implants fight off bacteria
Joint replacements are among the most common elective surgeries, but around one in 100 patients suffer post-surgical infections, turning a...
Read MoreInnovation-induced manufacturing procedures to reinforce external fixators adoption
The external fixators market is projected to continue its steady growth on account of the widespread prevalence of osteoporosis coupled with rising...
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