Michael Bisogno, MD, performed the first hip replacement using a Mako robotic arm at Huntington (N.Y.) Hospital, Huntington Now reported on Nov. 3.
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Accelus earned FDA 510(k) clearance for software that will let its Remi spine robot integrate with three 3D imaging systems.
Nearly one third of Zimmer Biomet's robots are going to ASCs, according to a Nov. 2 third quarter earnings call.
New York City-based Spine Associates has added an ExcelsiusGPS robot to its practice under the leadership of Sean McCance, MD.
Stryker is working on more applications for its flagship surgical robot, CEO Kevin Lobo said in an Oct. 31 third-quarter earnings call.
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Think Surgical raised $100 million from a new investor to accelerate commercialization of its surgical robots.
Brian Blackwood, MD, completed his 3,000th joint replacement using Stryker's Mako robotic arm.
Burke Health, a Waynesboro, Ga.-based community hospital specializing in orthopedics, has installed the ExcelsiusGPS robot to assist surgeons performing spine procedures, NBC affiliate WRDW reported Oct. 20.
The Spine Center at Valley View, a nonprofit health system in Glenwood Springs, Colo., installed Medtronic's Mazor X Stealth robot.
Presbyterian Santa Fe (N.M.) Medical Center is now offering robotic assisted knee replacement surgery using the Rosa Knee System, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported Oct. 17.