The Centre for Surgil Invention and Innovation (CSii) is a National Centre of Excellence research accelerator committed to enhancing the quality and access to healthre for all nadians through the development and commercialization of innovative medil robotic technologies and novel techniques. CSii is leveraging nadian expertise in minimal access surgery and space technology to build a legacy industry that will create high tech jobs, strengthen the economy and create better medil outcomes.

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The 2020 Innovation Nation Conference will be held on Sunday, January 19^th at LIUNA Station in Hamilton, ON

For information or register online visit: innovation-nation.. More information when available.

Students Showse participants register here.

Benefits for Humanity: Fighting ncer from Space

Robotic technology originally designed for the International Space Station is finding its way into healthre by targeting breast ncer tumors.

In 2016 CSII launched Insight Medbotics in partnership with MDA. Read more here

Dr. Mehran Anvari, Scientific Director, CSii, interview on NASA TV

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IGAR in the News

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An image-guided automated robot from MRI breast biopsy in THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDIL ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY Int J Med Robotics Comput Assist Surg 2016 Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI; 10.1002/res.1760 ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Read the article

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NASA ISS R&D 2015 Innovation Award - Presented to Dr. Mehran Anvari, July 7, 2015, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Mehran Anvari was presented with an award for innovation in Biology and Medicine for his work with Image-Guided Automated Robot (IGAR) at the NASA -International Space Station Research and Development Awards, Boston, Massachusetts. ? ?“This is a nice recognition of almost 20 years of work,” said Anvari. “It recognizes an incredible team of talented people including engineers, technicians, doctors and astronauts who have helped develop this technology. We believe this technology will improve efficiency in the health re system by streamlining clinil workflow and allowing highly-skilled radiologists to extend their re to a wider population through teleoperation.”

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http://youtu.be/R7y1VXKWbZs
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/innovation_microgravity
http://news.sys-con.com/node/3360245#.VZ_RYrsBeWs.email

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nadian Space Agency
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/search/video/watch.asp?v=1_vfb60ac6

CBC's The National, Remarkable nadarm, "Technology is being deployed for Breast ncer Surgery"
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/TV%20Shows/The%20National/ID/2540128021/

Hamilton's?CHCH TV, "October means Breast ncer Awareness Month"
http://www.chch.com/october-means-breast-ncer-awareness-month/

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