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Dmitry Oleynikov

Faculty spinoff upgrades to new Innovation Campus building

January 8, 2019

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University of Nebraska spinoff company receives major investment

December 18, 2017

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Nebraska researcher Shane Farritor carved this delicious looking bird (which is actually a chicken) using a robotic surgery device created through a partnership with a colleague at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Nebraska experts dish up a feast of knowledge

November 21, 2017

Shane Farritor and Clayton Anderson

Former astronaut Anderson tests profs' surgery robot

May 25, 2017

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Shane Farritor has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He is pictured here with a prototype of one of his advanced miniaturized robots that shows promise for colon resection, a procedure used to treat diverticulitis, large colon polyps, precancerous and cancerous lesions of the colon and inflammatory bowel disease.

National Academy of Inventors honors Farritor

December 13, 2016

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Dmitry Oleynikov, a UNMC professor of surgery, operates a surgical robot as in the background Shane Farritor, a UNL engineering professor, adjusts the camera on the surgical subject in June 2015. The two developed the robot for minimally invasive surgeries. Farritor and Oleynikov's startup company, Virtual Incision, announced March 1 the first use of its miniaturized robot in human surgery.

Virtual Incision mini-robots conduct first known human surgery

March 1, 2016

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Virtual Incision to locate at Nebraska Innovation Campus

January 15, 2016

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UNL, UNMC research duo honored for surgical robot

October 1, 2015

Shane Farritor of UNL (left) and Dmitry Oleynikov of UNMC.

UNL-UNMC spinoff company raises millions

August 7, 2015

UNMC, UNL receive $1.4M grant to continue work in robotic surgery

July 22, 2014

Shane Farritor (right), professor of mechanical engineering, has earned the Innovation, Development and Engagement Award for his collaboration with Dmitry Oleynkiv, a professor of surgery at UNMC.

IDEA honors robotics, surgery collaboration

May 1, 2014