Robotics

DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare is now using the second generation Mako SmartRobotic software in partial and total knee replacement surgeries. 

Coastal Orthopedics in Bradenton, Fla. marked its 500th robotic knee procedure with Stryker's Mako robot, the practice said May 10.

Smith+Nephew introduced its Cori digital tensioner for robotic knee replacements, the devicemaker said April 24.

Alphatec acquired all assets related to the Remi robotic navigation system from Fusion Robotics, a subsidiary of Accelus.

Price, Utah-based Castleview Hospital now offers robot-assisted knee and hip replacement surgery.

Orthopedic surgeons at Altru Health System in Grand Forks, N.D., have performed more than 3,000 surgeries with the Mako robot system, according to an April 15 report by Grand Forks Herald.

William Hamilton, MD, performed the first outpatient knee replacement using the Velys robot in Maryland.

Here are four surgeons and health systems who recently reached robotic surgery milestones that Becker's has reported on since March 22:

Spine surgeon Michael Gallizzi, MD, completed his 200th robotic case on April 4, according to The Steadman Clinic.

An Indiana spine surgeon recently completed his 300th robotic-assisted spine surgery.