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INTOUCH HEALTH TO HOST FIRST ANNUAL REMOTE PRESENCE ROBOTICS CONFERENCE
JULY 20-21, 2006, SANTA BARBARA, CA
Santa Barbara, CA, June 16, 2006 - InTouch Technologies, Inc. (d.b.a. InTouch Health), the leader in Remote Presence technology for healthcare providers, today announced its First Annual Remote Presence Robotics Users Conference to be held July 20-21, 2006 in Santa Barbara, CA.
Luminary physicians will present their clinical findings and process improvement success stories from around the world, and will share their vision of how Remote Presence is changing the delivery of healthcare. Presentations will span the areas of Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Patient Ward Rounds, Remote Surgical Proctoring, and Grand Rounds Education.
InTouch Health Chairman & CEO, Yulun Wang, PhD, will present his vision for the Remote Presence product roadmap. Dr. Wang is an accomplished entrepreneur and world renowned authority on robotics in healthcare. In 1989, he founded Computer Motion, Inc. (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Intuitive Surgical [Nasdaq: ISRG]) and is widely recognized as the pioneer of the medical robotics industry.
The keynote address, "Demographics, Exponentials and the Future of Robots", will be given by Rodney Brooks, Ph.D., Director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and Chief Technical Officer for iRobot Corporation (Nasdaq: IRBT).
About InTouch Technologies
InTouch Technologies, Inc. (d.b.a. InTouch Health®) is a privately held company based in Santa Barbara, CA. The company is pioneering remote presence technology for hospital providers. Through a proprietary communications and mobile robotic platform, the RP-7 Remote Presence Robotic System, doctors are able to consult with hospital-based patients and staff more easily and frequently. The InTouch Health solution leverages the time and expertise of healthcare professionals across multiple care facilities, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery.
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