Cornerstone Robotics has completed clinical trials in multiple specialties, including urology, gynecology, and thoracic surgeries.
Focal One completes study to expand access to robotic prostate cancer treatment
The study found that Focal One’s treatment methods match up with the gold star standard of surgery, and improve quality of life outcomes.
Intuitive data highlights benefits of da Vinci robotic surgery across 7 oncologic procedures
The study found multiple benefits for surgery using Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci robot compared with laparoscopic or open procedures.
Study finds both AR and robot-assisted surgeries enable high precision
The study included 212 adult spine surgery patients who had a total of 1,211 pedicle screws placed using either robotics or augmented reality.
NYU Langone uses da Vinci Xi robotic system to perform double lung transplant
Surgeons at NYU Langone have performed a fully robotic double lung transplant with Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci Xi.
Hoag medical center completes 30,000th robotic-assisted surgery
Hoag continues to be a destination for patients seeking robotic surgical care given its experience with Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci.
Procept BioRobotics gets FDA nod to study surgical robot for treating prostate cancer
Procept BioRobotics said its Aquablation procedure uses waterjet resection to precisely eradicate tissue without requiring full prostate removal.
Neptune Medical raises $97M for surgical robotics, spins out Jupiter Endovascular
Neptune Medical said the financing strengthens its position as a gastrointestinal-focused company expanding into robotics.
Ronovo Surgical closes Series B round for Carina modular platform
Shanghai-based Ronovo aims to use the funds to accelerate the commercialization and globalization of its proprietary Carina platform.
NVIDIA, ORBIT-Surgical teach surgical robots key skills in simulation
ORBIT-Surgical, developed using NVIDIA Isaac Sim and NVIDIA Omniverse, showed how to train robots to move a needle at ICRA.
5 things that could shape surgical robotics in the next decade
Surgical robots are gaining popularity due to AI adoption, remote control, and startup competition, with 2024 expected to be a significant year for the sector.
Butterfly Network to bring Ultrasound-on-Chip tech to surgical robotics
Butterfly Network and Mendaera are jointly developing and commercializing a robot with Butterfly’s Ultrasound-on-Chip technology.
technIQ software for Corindus CorPath GRX surgical robot receives FDA approval
Corindus said new motion automations have received FDA clearance for use in coronary and peripheral robotic-assisted procedures.
Surgical robotics innovations the topic of RoboBusiness Direct discussions
Interest in surgical robotics has grown, but developers, healthcare providers, and surgeons should understand how the technology is developing, the role of motors, and what procedures are applicable. Learn more in the final RoboBusiness Direct sessions of autumn 2020.
Titan Medical CEO wants to up the game in robotic surgery: Here’s how
Titan Medical – the young, upstart Canadian robotic surgery company – is making a comeback this year. Just today, the company announced the completion of initial formative human factors studies for its Sport single port robotic surgical system. The Sport system boasts the ability for a variety of surgical instruments on snake-like arms to be deployed…
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How surgical robots are creating super surgeons
Faster than a scalpel-wielding hand, able to snake to hard-to-reach surgical sites in a single bound—future surgeons will be super surgeons, all thanks to robotics. Alistair Fleming, VP Medical at Sagentia In many industries, the advance of robotics has created worries about robots supplanting humans. But in the world of surgery, the next generation of…
Intuitive Surgical expects slowdown in da Vinci sales growth
Intuitive Surgical beat Wall Street expectations with its fourth quarter results, but company officials expect a slowdown in sales growth this year for da Vinci surgical robots. Intuitive Surgical earned $204 million, or $5.13 per share, off $386 million in sales during the three months ended Dec. 31, 2016, the company reported Tuesday evening. The fourth…
This time, with feeling
Real-time operating system software helps provide tactile sense to medical robotics applications No matter how many motion axes are involved and regardless of whether the movement is fast or slow, high-end robotics applications share the need for determinism. The system that controls the robot needs to keep precise track of the machine at all times, […]