Italian robotic surgery company MMI announced the CE marking and launch of what it’s calling the “world’s smallest wristed surgical instruments.” MMI designed the Symani surgical system for open microsurgical procedures. The system combines the benefits of tremor reduction and motion scaling (7-20x) with the world’s smallest wristed instrumentation, offering seven degrees of freedom and dexterity…

Medtronic said today some of its Mazor X surgical robotic systems could detach and fall onto the OR table, potentially injuring a patient. The problem affects Mazor X systems with positioner Type II, the company said in an urgent field safety notice (PDF) issued in the U.K. It wasn’t immediately clear if the problem that causes…

Globus Medical, which is developing a system for robot-assisted joint replacement, has acquired medical device supplier StelKast.

TransEnterix is publicly offering stock after regulatory approvals of its Senhance robotic surgical system and disappointing financial results.

Harvard graduate Hansjörg Wyss has given another major donation to support the Wyss Institute’s mission of developing and commercializing robotics and healthcare technologies.

Keynotes | Agenda | Speakers | Exhibitors | Register Corin Group, a U.K.-based orthopedic company, will acquire Omni, a robotic knee surgery platform developer. Raynham, Mass.-based Omni developed its OmniBotics system as an image-less total knee replacement solution that combines a robotic cutting guide with a robotic tool to measure ligament function. The system allows surgeons…

Keynotes | Speakers | Exhibitors | Register The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning against the use of surgical robots in mastectomies and other surgeries for the treatment or prevention of cancer. The FDA said the safety and effectiveness of surgical robots have not been established for use in mastectomies or…

A Swedish woman whose hand was amputated has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand prosthesis, according to Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Surgeons placed titanium implants in the two forearm bones (radius and ulna), and extended electrodes to nerves and muscle to extract signals to control a…