Friday s Afternoon Update | 1/29/2021
In Florida, a drop in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations
For the first time since early October, Florida has shown meaningful improvement in the struggle against the coronavirus pandemic. The trend, a real sign of hope, mirrors what has happened in most of the United States. Across Florida, the number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is less than 7,000. While that’s much higher than throughout most of the past year, it’s down from nearly 8,000 earlier in January. High daily case numbers persist, but after a winter peak about two weeks ago, those have fallen as well. More from the Tampa Bay Times.
Miami-based Neocis develops robot-assisted dental surgery
Robot-Assisted Dentistry
Miami-based Neocis is using $72 million in new funding to market and develop additional applications for its robotic dental surgery assistant, Yomi. Neocis bills Yomi as the first and only FDA-approved robotic device for dental implant surgery.
The device’s technology enables a surgeon to digitally map out an implant procedure based on 3-D imaging of the patient. The robot arm then guides the surgeon through the procedure by physically resisting any motion outside the bounds of the plan.
“Essentially, the doctor is only allowed to drill according to the plan they made, and if they change their mind in surgery, they can go into the software” and update the plan, says Neocis CEO and co-founder Alon Mozes, previously a principal engineer at Mako Surgical, where he helped develop a robotic system for orthopedic surgeons.