News tagged with surgical tool

Research opens doors to UV disinfection using LED technology

Research from North Carolina State University will allow the development of energy-efficient LED devices that use ultraviolet (UV) light to kill pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. The technology has a wide array of applications ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tapping titanium's colorful potential

A new, cost-effective process for colouring titanium can be used in manufacturing products from sporting equipment to colour-coded nuclear waste containers.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Genetic signatures provide new direction in liver cancer

Results of an international clinical study conducted in Europe and the US presented today at the International Liver Congress 2010, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Liver in Vienna, Austria, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgery on beating heart thanks to robotic helping hand

If you've been waiting for the day to arrive when computers actually start performing surgery, that moment might soon be upon us. A French team has developed a computerized 3D model that allows surgeons to use robotics to ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fox Chase performs the world's first successful ViKY robot-assisted surgery for pancreatic tumors

This month Fox Chase Cancer Center performed the world's first successful minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKYŽ system's revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder. The technology, developed in France ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0