Robotics

Becker's reported on multiple hospitals, health systems and ASCs adding spine and orthopedic robots during the third quarter.

Goodyear, Ariz.-based Abrazo West Campus is one of nine hospitals, and the first hospital in Arizona, to receive the new Loop-X spine robot, according to an Oct. 4 report from NBC 12 News. 

Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C. added Stryker's Mako robot for total knee, partial knee and total hip replacement in August, the Hickory Daily Record reported Oct. 2.

From a robotic surgery platform in space to a $21.3 million expansion, here are 12 robotic updates Becker's has reported on since July 5. 

Robotic surgical assistant knee system Rosa has made its debut at Fargo, N.D.-based Essentia Health, according to a Sept. 28 report from Valley News. 

Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, surpassed 1,220 robotic spine surgeries, according to a Sept. 27 news release.

Thorsten Seyler, MD, a physician at Duke University in Durham, N.C., performed the first revision knee replacements using Smith+Nephew's Cori surgical system. 

McGinley Orthopedics is crowdfunding $40 million in investments.

Robotics is still in its infancy in spine surgery, but the technology is expected to play a key role in the future of how spine procedures are performed. 

The Atlantic General Hospital Orthopedic Surgery unit in Berlin, Md., is set to receive a Stryker Mako robotic arm in mid September, according to a Sept. 8 report from OC Today.