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Mazor Robotics, Ltd. (Hebrew: מזור רובוטיקה בע"מ) is a medical device company and manufacturer of a robotic guidance system for spine surgery. Surgeons that utilize Mazor Robotics Renaissance generally specialize in orthopedic surgery or neurosurgery. Mazor Robotics US headquarters are located in Orlando, Florida with international offices in Caesarea, Israel and Münster, Germany. Its flagship product, Renaissance, is cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)〔FDA 510(k): K113228 & 510(k): K120812〕 and CE-marked for both spine and brain surgery The company has been listed on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange since 2007 and as of May 2013 has a dual listing on NASDAQ. As of September 2013, Mazor Robotics technology is installed in 54 hospitals (28 in the US alone) and has been used in more than 4,000 procedures worldwide. == History == The formation of the company started with research in surgical robotics at the Robotic Laboratory of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, Israel in the 1990s. In 2001, the company was founded by Professor Moshe Shoham, and Eli Zehavi. Prof. Shoham is the Head of the Medical Robotics Laboratory of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Technion and Mr. Zehavi was a former Vice President of Engineering at Elscint. During 2001-2002, the company was based in the Technion campus’s incubator offices T3 ~ Technion Technology Transfer which transfers innovative technology developed at Technion to commercialization for global markets. The company was originally incorporated under the name M.A.S.O.R. Surgical Technologies, then later changed its name to Mazor Surgical Technologies. In 2010, the company took its current name today - Mazor Robotics. Mazor Robotics very first product, SpineAssist, was approved by the FDA in 2004. Renaissance Guidance System, Mazor's next generation product, was released commercially in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aYgq4bDIZdAo )〕 In 2003, Ori Hadomi, former CFO of Denex, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Mazor Robotics. Mr. Hadomi was also Founder and CEO of 7D Ltd. (motion tracker for medical applications), and Chairman of the Izmel Scientific committee (consortium for the image-guided industry). The company raised US$7 million from several Venture Capital funds. The company then relocated to its current offices in the Caesarea Industrial Park in Caesarea, Israel. In early 2004, Mazor Robotics received its first CE mark for its initial product, SpineAssist. With this important milestone for the company, SpineAssist became the first commercially available mechanical guidance system for spine surgery. The company began marketing SpineAssist in Europe, registering its first sale soon afterwards. Later in 2004, the company also received its first FDA clearance for SpineAssist and became the first FDA approved robotic system for spinal surgery. In June 2011, the company launched its current robotic device, Renaissance Guidance System, which replaced the former SpineAssist model.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aYgq4bDIZdAo )〕 In Feb. 2014 Prof. Shoham was elected into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for contributions to robotic technology for image-guided surgery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140218-906856.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mazor Robotics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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