Robotics

Andrew Kokkino, MD, recently completed his 100th robotic-assisted spine surgery with the ExcelsiusGPS robot in Springfield, Ore. 

Sravisht Iyer, MD, recently completed his 100th robotic-assisted spine surgery with the ExcelsiusGPS robot in New York City.

With about $1 billion in cash on its balance sheet, Globus Medical is looking to explore strategic partnerships that could capitalize on some weaknesses in the medtech market, according to the company's first-quarter earnings call, transcribed by The Motley Fool.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital's St. Raphael Campus will add the Mazor X Stealth Edition robot for spine surgery, Zyri reported May 16.

Medical University of South Carolina's Charleston division added Medronic's Mazor X robot and O-arm mobile X-ray system.

Becker's reported on six hospitals and health systems adding spine and orthopedic robots in April:

Sarbpaul Bhalla, MD, and his son, Amandeep Bhalla, MD, completed their 100th spine surgery using the ExcelsiusGPS robot as a team, according to a May 4 email to Becker's.

The first robot-assisted hip replacement using the Rosa hip system was completed at Honolulu Spine Center. 

Vladimir Sinkov, MD, recently completed his 100th spine surgery using the ExcelsiusGPS robot.

Think Surgical is partnering with Concordia University in Montreal to develop artificial intelligence algorithms for robotic surgery.