Robotics

Phoenix-based Abrazo Health’s Scottsdale Campus in Arizona has added two Mako SmartRobotics systems for orthopedic procedures.  The $1.5 million investment will support total and partial knee replacements, total and revision hip surgeries and certain procedures that previously required manual cutting.…

The University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho has added the Mako robotic system for orthopedic surgeries.  The robot allows orthopedic surgeons to improve precision, accuracy and customization during procedures including knee and hip replacements, according…

Here are five key headlines in spine and orthopedic robotics from the third quarter of 2025: 1. Zimmer Biomet has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Monogram Technologies, an orthopedic robotics company. 2. LEM Surgical, a robotics company for…

Implanet and Tinavi Medical have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for Tinavi’s TiRobot spine surgery system.  The TiRobot provides surgeons with automated guidance during surgery and can address most spinal pathology indications, according to a Sept. 23 news release from…

Patients who underwent robotic-assisted surgery used less opioid pain medicine and were discharged earlier compared to individuals who underwent manual surgery, according to a study in the Journal of Robotic Surgery.  The study analyzed 452 total knee arthroplasty procedures performed…

AdventHealth has integrated the Velys robotic-assisted knee surgery system at four of its locations in Florida.  AdventHealth Surgery Center Daytona Beach (Fla.), AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach (Fla.), AdventHealth Fish Memorial and AdventHealth Surgery Center Blue Springs in Orange City, Fla.,…

So far in 2025, U.S. installments of Orthofix’s 7D Flash navigation system increased 66% year over year, CEO Massimo Calafiore said during an Aug. 5 earnings call. “7D earnouts in the first half of this year were ahead of the…

Neurosurgeon Michael Fromke, MD, led Miami-based HCA Florida Kendall Hospital’s first robot-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. The surgery was done at the L4 to L5 level with the hospital’s newly added robot for spinal and cranial procedures, according to an…

Stryker reached a key milestone with its Mako robotics, Jason Beach, vice president of finance and investor relations, said in a July 31 earnings call. During the second quarter Stryker reached 2 million procedures with Mako robotics, Mr. Beach said,…

Hillsdale (Mich.) Hospital added the Velys spine navigation platform. The navigation platform supports surgeons in a range of back and neck procedures, according to a July 22 news release. “I have done more than 500 spinal navigation cases since starting…