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Dr. Vincent Fowble performs Florida hospital's 1st total knee replacement with new robot
Orthopedic surgeon Vincent Fowble, MD, performed Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center's first total knee replacement surgery using robotic technology in October, reports The Meridian Star. - 10/29/19 -
Nevada hospital purchases robotic navigation system for spine surgery
Reno, Nev.-based Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center installed Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS robotic navigation system to assist surgeons in spine procedures, reports Northern Nevada Business View. - 10/22/19 -
Oregon hospital invests in robotic navigation system for spine procedures
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend in Springfield, Ore., installed Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS robotic navigation system to assist surgeons in spine operations, The Register-Guard reports. - 10/21/19
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Oswego Health installs orthopedic robot to assist surgeons in knee replacements — 3 things to know
Oswego (N.Y.) Health added Smith & Nephew's Navio robotic surgical system to assist surgeons with partial and total knee replacements, reports Local SYR. - 10/16/19 -
Rural Idaho hospital installs robot for knee, hip replacements
Gooding, Idaho-based North Canyon Medical Center purchased a Mako robot to assist orthopedic surgeons with knee and hip replacements, KMVT reports. - 10/14/19 -
Penn State facility brings robot to neurosurgery department — 3 insights
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center introduced new robotic technology in its neurosurgery department. - 10/10/19 -
California hospital performs 2,000th robotic surgery
Los Angeles-based Providence Tarzana Medical Center performed its 2,000th robotic surgery Oct. 3, radio station KHTS reports. - 10/9/19
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Ohio hospital uses $1M robot in 700+ knee, hip replacements — 4 details
OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital has completed 700-plus knee and hip replacements using the Mako robot since January 2018, according to Mansfield News Journal, part of the USA Today network. - 10/9/19 -
New York hospital acquires surgical robot
Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Health purchased a fourth-generation da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system from Intuitive Surgical, local radio station X 101 reports. - 10/4/19 -
NuVasive aims to grow in robotics with new application
NuVasive featured its X360 Pulse platform at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Chicago and plans to unveil its Pulse Robotics application at an exclusive event. - 9/27/19 -
6 hospitals adding robotic systems for spine, orthopedics
Here are six hospitals adapting robotic systems for spine and orthopedic procedures. - 9/18/19
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Rural Nebraska hospital installs $1M robot for joint replacements — 3 things to know
Touchstone Orthopaedics at Geneva, Neb.-based Fillmore County Hospital installed Stryker's Mako System to assist surgeons during partial and total joint replacement procedures, reports Nebraska TV. - 9/18/19 -
Zimmer Biomet finds software anomaly in ROSA Brain 3.0, issues recall: 5 details
Zimmer Biomet recalled a software upgrade to the ROSA Brain system and notified users earlier this month. - 9/18/19 -
Illinois health center uses robot for knee, hip replacements — 4 things to know
Coles County, Ill-based Sarah Bush Lincoln Health is using the Mako robotic arm for total knee, partial knee and total hip replacements, reports the Journal Gazette/Times Courier. - 9/16/19 -
Swedish Medical Center hosts robotic surgical device exhibition
Englewood, Colo.-based Swedish Medical Center invited the public to the hospital's Night of the Robots event on Sept. 12 to learn about robotic surgical devices and the surgeons who use them. - 9/11/19 -
Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo: Growth in spine, competition in robotics and what's behind the company's recent promotions
Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo spoke at the Morgan Stanley 17th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Sept. 10, speaking about the company's growth and specifically its trajectory in the spine and robotics markets. - 9/11/19 -
How Johnson & Johnson plans to grow orthopedic, spine robotics in the next 24 months
Johnson & Johnson is looking to robotics and digital surgery to drive future innovation and growth in the healthcare and orthopedics space. - 9/9/19 -
Michigan hospital opens robotic-equipped operating room — 3 insights
St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea (Mich.) hospital opened a new operating room and then completed its first robotic surgery Sept. 4, TheSun-TimesNews.com reports. - 9/5/19 -
Texas hospital installs Mako robotic system
Hunt Regional Medical Center installed the Mako robotic system for knee surgeries at its Greenville, Texas, hospital, local NPR affiliate 88.9 KETR reports. - 8/22/19 -
Medtronic aims to take share of the robotics market now and moving forward
For the first quarter of the 2020 fiscal year, Medtronic reported 1.5 percent revenue increase. - 8/22/19