Lehigh Valley Health Network-Muhlenberg in Bethlehem, Pa. recieved $1 million in state funding to purchase a new O-arm from Medtronic, lehighvalleylive.com reported Nov. 11.
Robotics
Becker's reported on four hospitals onboarding spine and orthopedic robots in October:
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven, Miss. became the first hospital in northern Mississippi to install Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS robot.
Kevin Sagers, DO, the only orthopedic surgeon certified in robot-assisted knee revision procedures, is using Mountain Point Medical Center's newest technology.
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.
Think Surgical raised $100 million from a new investor to accelerate commercialization of its surgical robots.