Merit Health Wesley hospital in Hattiesburg, Miss., expanded its robotic-assisted surgery system arsenal to include a robotic joint replacement system. 

Medtronic saw record sales for its spine robots in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 even as the market is loaded with competition.

Andrew Kokkino, MD, recently completed his 100th robotic-assisted spine surgery with the ExcelsiusGPS robot in Springfield, Ore. 

Sravisht Iyer, MD, recently completed his 100th robotic-assisted spine surgery with the ExcelsiusGPS robot in New York City.

With about $1 billion in cash on its balance sheet, Globus Medical is looking to explore strategic partnerships that could capitalize on some weaknesses in the medtech market, according to the company's first-quarter earnings call, transcribed by The Motley Fool.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital's St. Raphael Campus will add the Mazor X Stealth Edition robot for spine surgery, Zyri reported May 16.

Medical University of South Carolina's Charleston division added Medronic's Mazor X robot and O-arm mobile X-ray system.

Becker's reported on six hospitals and health systems adding spine and orthopedic robots in April:

Sarbpaul Bhalla, MD, and his son, Amandeep Bhalla, MD, completed their 100th spine surgery using the ExcelsiusGPS robot as a team, according to a May 4 email to Becker's.

The first robot-assisted hip replacement using the Rosa hip system was completed at Honolulu Spine Center. 

Vladimir Sinkov, MD, recently completed his 100th spine surgery using the ExcelsiusGPS robot.

Think Surgical is partnering with Concordia University in Montreal to develop artificial intelligence algorithms for robotic surgery.

Robert Rice, MD, recently completed the first tumor biopsy with the ExcelsiusGPS Cranial Solutions at Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center.

Two France-based robotics companies are partnering to create a knee replacement system.

Valley Health has implemented Stryker's Mako robot for joint replacements at Winchester (Va.) Medical Center and Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal, W.Va., the Royal Examiner reported April 25.

Cambridge (Minn.) Medical Center has added the Stryker Mako knee and hip replacement robotic arm, County News Review reported April 24.

Spinal device company Accelus recently appointed Kevin Foley, MD, as its first chief robotics officer.

The Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute has added six robots to its surgical arsenal.

Christus Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth in Beaumont has added a spine robot to assist surgeons with the implantation of pedicle screws among other techniques, ABC and NBC affiliate KBMT reported April 13.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health became the first in southwest Florida to add the ExcelsiusGPS robot for spine surgery.