Robotics

Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Del. added the Velys robot for spine surgery, a spokesperson told Becker’s in a June 23 email. The hospital is the second pediatric facility in the U.S. to use Velys. Suken Shah, MD, is leading…

Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center North Campus in Austin, Texas, has become the first pediatric hospital in the world to perform spine surgeries with an advanced active robotic-assisted and navigation platform. Procedures will be done exclusively at the Dell Children’s…

Panama City-based HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital has become the first hospital in the region to add a surgical robotic navigation system for spine surgery, according to a June 19 report from MyPanhandle.com. Robotic guidance helps surgeons to improve accuracy…

ChoiceSpine launched an app for the eCential Robotics Op.n platform, according to a June 17 news release.  The ChoiceSpine app works in tandem with the Op.n platform and ChoiceSpine’s core spine portfolio. This includes ChoiceSpine’s navigation-enabled instrumentation for minimally invasive…

Decatur (Ala.) Morgan Hospital has added Velys robotic-assisted surgery for hip and knee replacements, according to a May 29 report from the Decatur Daily. DOC Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine surgeon Justin Hallock, MD, has been using the robotic system since…

Intermountain Health St. George (Utah) Regional Hospital has become the first facility in the region to add Velys robotic-assisted surgery for total knee replacements.  Procedures with the robot, which was introduced in November, are performed at Intermountain Health’s Southwest Orthopedics…

OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital surgeon James Miller, DO, completed his 1,000th surgery using Stryker’s Mako robot, according to a May 28 news release from the health system. He achieved the milestone as the hospital added a second Mako robot. It…

Maryville, Ill.-based Anderson Hospital Surgical Services added the 7D Flash navigation system for spine surgery, according to a May 12 news release. Brendan Fong, MD, of Neurosurgery of St. Louis, performed the hospital’s first case with the system. The 7D…

Neurosurgeons at Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine have partnered with Good Samaritan Hospital, also in Cincinnati, to offer robotic imaging and navigation for spine surgery patients.  Mayfield neurosurgeons Zachary Tempel, MD, and Michael Kachman, MD, began treating patients using the…

Spine robotics have been an important tool for surgeons, and evolutions with multi-arm systems could transform the operating room drastically. Multi-arm surgical robots aren’t new in healthcare, but it’s something spine surgeons see potential in. In April the FDA cleared…