10/7/2011 7:04:54 AM By Eli Segall, Reporter – Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal   Government regulators on Thursday filed fraud charges against two former sales executives at Mountain View medical equipment company Hansen Medical Inc. Christopher Sells, former vice president of commercial operations at Hansen, and Timothy Murawski, a former vice president of [...]

Currently, more than 30% of knee replacement surgeries suffer from misalignment problems caused by the “fog of surgery” where the precise orientation of internal bones is difficult to determine, asserts Darius Kharabi, vice-president of corporate development for OrthAlign, a privately held medical device company in Aliso Viejo, California. The company was founded in 2008 to [...]

former senior marketing manager for Kyphon, Inc., pled guilty in federal court on July 7 to ripping off Medtronic Inc. for at least $2.1 million. Jennifer Rutherford was responsible for selecting vendors to supply marketing merchandise that company reps could distribute at trade shows and industry conferences. The merchandise included such items as key chains, [...]

Biomedical engineersdeveloped a robotic arm to very precisely resurface the kneebefore replacing it. In order to do this, a 3-D image of the knee is generated, providing a live-action view of the knee duringsurgery. A stereo camera system constantly updatessurgeons on the location of the diseased portion of the knee–this keeps the healthy parts untouched. Visual alarms and artificial resistance tell [...]

Phones are not just for conversation anymore. A surgeon in Indian used an iPhone app to help install a new knee and now Aesculap Implant Systems has launched an App for use on the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod. The new App features OrthoPilot navigated surgeries, shows animated surgical techniques, operating room videos and an [...]

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 04/28/11) – Titan Medical Inc. (“the Company”) (TSX-V:TMD – News) announced today that it has signed a development agreement with Proven Process Medical Devices, Inc. (“Proven Process”), a leading provider of medical device contract research and development, and manufacturing services. Under terms of the agreement, Proven Process will develop certain proprietary components [...]

CAESAREA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Mazor Robotics Ltd., (TASE:MZOR.ta – News), a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, announced today it has closed a PIPE funding round of $6.3 million, led by the Phoenix Holdings Company and including the participation of additional leading Israeli financial institutions. Mazor will use the capital to expand its worldwide [...]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwire – 02/03/11) – Hansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:HNSN – News), a global leader in flexible robotics and the developer of robotic technology for accurate 3D control of catheter movement, today announced that it has entered, directly and through a wholly owned subsidiary, into patent and technology license, sublicense and purchase agreements with Philips [...]

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market Lung Optimized Treatment, a new component of the CyberKnife VSI System. The 510(k) clearance enables Accuray to provide physicians with [...]

Lawrence D. Dorr, M.D., medical director of the Dorr Arthritis Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, is the first surgeon in the United States to perform a total hip replacement using the robotic MAKO image guidance technology, according to Laura Miller, writing in Orthopedic and Spine. The procedure uses the RIO system which features a [...]