Jean-Philippe Langevin, MD, is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, Calif., and chief of neurosurgery at Greater Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Healthcare System. He specializes in the surgical treatment of movement disorders, epilepsy and psychiatric conditions.

Mark Giovanini, MD, is a neurosurgeon with NeuroMicroSpine, a Pensacola, Fla.-based spine practice focused on minimally invasive spinal procedures.

NuVasive has traditionally focused technology on spinal instrumentation, implants and procedures with the XLIF, LessRay and other technologies.

Robotic devicemaker Intuitive added Stanford (Calif.) University Medical Center's Amy Ladd, MD, to its board, effective Aug. 1.

The neurosurgery team at Summit, N.J.-based Overlook Medical Center of Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System is using the ROSA Brain robot for minimally invasive brain surgery, reports ROI NJ.

During the second quarter conference call, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha, Stryker's Katherine Owen gave an update on the company's Mako Surgical robotic technology line.

Board-certified neurosurgeon Roger Frankel, MD, is president of Atlanta Brain and Spine Care and medical director of the Piedmont Hospital Spine Center Quality Program in Atlanta. 

Duc Giang General Hospital in Han Noi, Vietnam, used a robot to perform corrective surgery on a patient with spinal tuberculosis, reports Asia One.

Three spine and neurosurgeons discuss how they see robotics developing in the spine field.

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Hospital installed the ExcelsiusGPS robotic surgery system at its Kent campus, Delaware State News reports.

Johnson & Johnson reported orthopedic sales dropped 1.6 percent year-over-year during the second quarter to $2.2 billion. But the company remains excited about technology and robotics for the future, according to Executive Vice President and CFO Joe Wolk and Vice President of Investor Relations Chris DelOrefice, who spoke during the company's second quarter earnings call.

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus installed Globus Medical's ExcelciusGPS robotic guidance and navigation system for spine surgery, reports Sussex Countian.

NuVasive launched its Pulse system, which is designed to feature multiple technologies to assist surgeons in adopting more efficient and less disruptive surgical methods in spine procedures.

Revenues from Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system could reach $1.5 billion by 2021, according to a Trefis market research report.

The global orthopedic surgical robots market will be valued at more than $4.1 billion by the end of 2029, according to a Persistence Market Research report.

Fusion Robotics closed a financing round with investments from former NuVasive CEO Alex Lukianov and Kevin Foley, MD.

MiRus, a medical device company focusing on spine and orthopedic devices, acquired a 50,000-square-foot facility to dramatically increase production.

Medtronic, Globus Medical, Zimmer Biomet and NuVasive all have spinal robotic technology either on the market or set to launch later this year.

Smith & Nephew acquired an optical tracking technology company to enhance its robotic platform.

TransEnterix's robot-assisted surgery device, Senhance Surgical System, has been cleared by Japanese regulators.