Robotic Surgery in Alberta da Vinci robots and IMR
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Alberta Health Care link:
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/2409.asp
Highlights:
Relevant to Imris Inc the rest refers to the da Vinci robot:
“The 11th robot is neuroArm at Calgary’s Foothills Hospital, which was developed by neurosurgeon Dr. Garnette Sutherland with support from the Seaman family, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Alberta Advanced Education and Technology and Western Economic Diversification.
The world’s first MRI-compatible, image-guided surgical robot, neuroArm provides less invasive and more accurate brain surgery, allowing neurosurgeons to be accurate within 50 microns (a micron is one-thousandth of a millimeter).”
This is the prototype robot acquired this year by IMRIS Inc for further development and commercialization