FDA approves robot built to help stroke victims
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The federal government has approved plans to deploy a robot developed to help stroke victims gain control of arm muscles.
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Robots will be truly useful when they get sensitive arms and hands, plus the programming to use them properly.
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The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care.    VeriChips, radio frequency microchips the size of a grain of rice, have already been used to identify wayward pets and livestock...
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THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- A programmable device that allows professional caregivers to monitor how patients dispense their medications has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency said Thursday.
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It&#039;s one of the greatest challenges for robotics engineers: Building a machine that actually walks like one of us.
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Automaker Honda is showing off the latest implementation of its Asimo robot, which can run at speeds of 4 mph and may one day help care for the elderly and disabled.
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A walking robot that adapts to different terrain is helping scientists understand how humans move and could one day lead to improved treatment for spinal cord and other injuries, German researchers said on Friday.
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Researchers in Spain set about creating a man-made version of the part of the brain that controls movements.
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A new robotic device is designed to help stroke patients regain motion in their arms
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Ifbot, the resident robot at a Japanese  nursing home, can converse, sing, express emotions and give  trivia quizzes to seniors to help with their mental agility.  Yet the pale-green gizmo has spent much of the past two years  languishing in a corner alone.
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Federal regulators have granted clearance to market a robotic arm brace designed to help stroke survivors regain use of paralyzed limbs and relearn how to move affected muscles, the device's maker said Tuesday.
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The first artificial heart won U.S. approval Monday for use as a temporary measure to keep alive patients on the verge of death while they wait for live organs to become available for transplants.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the practice of injecting humans with tracking devices for medical purposes, according to a Florida company that makes the devices.
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The British government is providing 1.85 million pounds ($3.5 million) of funding to a Cambridge-based company that is building a robot to help treat baldness.
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The CardioWest artificial heart, devloped by University Medical Center&#39;s artificial heart team and used in more than 300 patients worldwide, is the first ever to win approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.
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Medtronic Inc., a maker of implantable medical devices, said Monday that it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its InSync Sentry implantable defibrillator system.
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A UK biotechnology firm is developing a robot to grow hair follicle cells for use in treating baldness.