Healthcare News Coverage of robotics and AI in healthcare, including surgical robots, rehabilitation and exoskeleton systems, hospital automation, and AI-driven diagnostics. Readers find news on product launches, FDA clearances and regulatory milestones, clinical trial results, funding rounds, and partnerships between medtech companies, hospitals, and research labs.
China Moves Brain-Computer Interfaces Into Commercial Use After Landmark Implant — Aug 28, 2026 — Chinese surgeons completed what state media described as the world's first commercial implantation of an invasive brain-computer interface in a spinal...Spineart's PERLA TL Wins FDA Nod For Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgery — Aug 26, 2026 — Spineart and eCential Robotics have received FDA 510(k) clearance to run Spineart's PERLA TL pedicle screw app on eCential's Op.n platform in robotic-...Only 3 Of 1,357 FDA-Cleared AI Medical Devices Tested On Patient Outcomes — Aug 23, 2026 — A PLOS Digital Health analysis finds that just 34 of 1,357 FDA-authorized AI/ML medical devices are linked to registered clinical trials, and only thr...J&J's Monarch Robot Wins FDA Clearance For AI Bronchoscopy Upgrade — Aug 21, 2026 — The FDA cleared Johnson & Johnson MedTech's Quest 3 software update for its Monarch bronchoscopy robot, adding AI-driven pre-procedure planning and 3D...FDA Authorizes Aletta, First Robotic Blood-Draw Device From Vitestro — Aug 20, 2026 — The FDA granted De Novo authorization to Vitestro's Aletta, the first stand-alone robotic device cleared to draw blood from a patient's arm in outpati...ZEISS Clinic 360 Wins FDA 510(k) Clearance For Cloud Ophthalmic Workflow — Aug 20, 2026 — ZEISS Medical Technology secured FDA 510(k) clearance on August 19 for CLINIC 360, a browser-based platform that unifies diagnostic imaging, EMR data...Dynamic Solution Unveils X-HAND EEG-Controlled Robotic Hand At WRC 2026 — Aug 19, 2026 — South Korea's Dynamic Solution is bringing X-HAND, a non-invasive EEG-controlled dexterous robotic hand licensed from ETRI, to the World Robot Confere...Vessl Prosthetics Wins FDA Clearance for Kinn Auto-Adjusting Socket — Aug 19, 2026 — Canadian startup Vessl Prosthetics has cleared FDA for Kinn, a passive socket system that uses gait energy to auto-adjust fit for lower-limb amputees...Cleveland Clinic and IBM Unveil Q-CHIPP Quantum AI for Cancer Neoantigens — Aug 19, 2026 — Cleveland Clinic and IBM built Q-CHIPP, a 46-qubit quantum machine-learning framework that outperforms classical models at predicting cancer neoantige...Bracco's VueJect Wins FDA And Health Canada Nods For Cardiac Ultrasound — Aug 17, 2026 — Bracco Imaging's VueJect — the first dedicated ultrasound contrast delivery system for cardiology imaging — has won FDA 510(k) clearance and Health Ca...Implicity's Next-Gen ILR ECG Analyzer Wins FDA 510(k) Clearance — Aug 16, 2026 — Paris-based Implicity has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for a next-generation AI ECG analyzer that cuts implantable loop-recorder false positives by up...Northwestern Team Debuts Therapist-Coupled Exoskeleton for Stroke Rehab — Aug 16, 2026 — A Northwestern and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab team virtually links therapist and patient through lower-limb exoskeletons, improving gait recovery after s...Twelve US Health Systems Team With Aidoc To Form Diagnostic AI Consortium — Aug 15, 2026 — Advocate Health, Cedars-Sinai, Mount Sinai, Northwell, Sutter, Houston Methodist and six more launch a Diagnostic AI Consortium with Aidoc, pooling 20...Distalmotion's DEXTER Wins FDA Nod For Ventral Hernia Repair — Aug 15, 2026 — Distalmotion's DEXTER robot secured FDA 510(k) clearance for ventral hernia repair, completing its US outpatient portfolio across four high-volume pro...Wandercraft's Eve Wins FDA Clearance As First Self-Balancing Personal Exoskeleton — Aug 12, 2026 — Wandercraft's Eve becomes the first self-balancing personal exoskeleton cleared by the FDA for home use by eligible wheelchair users with spinal cord...Cleveland Clinic And Zipline Launch First U.S. Long-Term Prescription Drone Delivery — Aug 10, 2026 — Cleveland Clinic and Zipline switched on autonomous drone deliveries of prescription medicines to patients' homes in Beachwood, Ohio — the first long-...Sight Sciences Wins FDA Nod For OMNI Ultra Single-Pass Glaucoma Device — Aug 8, 2026 — Sight Sciences has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for its OMNI Ultra Surgical System, the first MIGS device authorised to perform circumferential canalo...ForSight's JASPER Hits 26-For-26 In Robotic Cataract Milestone — Aug 8, 2026 — Israel's ForSight Robotics says its JASPER surgical platform has now completed 26 first-in-human cataract cases with 100% robotic completion, moving t...Cognita's Generative Chest X-Ray Model Wins FDA Breakthrough Nod — Aug 7, 2026 — Cognita CXR, an industry-first generative vision-language model that drafts chest X-ray reports for radiologists, has received FDA Breakthrough Device...Lifeward Signs Ottobock Care Pilot to Broaden ReWalk 7 Access — Aug 7, 2026 — The six-month pilot pairs Lifeward's ReWalk 7 personal exoskeleton with Ottobock Care's 50-plus U.S. clinics to build a scalable patient-care channel...