Robotics

The first cases using Johnson & Johnson's Velys total knee robot were completed in Australia.

Rome, Ga.-based Floyd Medical Center logged its first case with DePuy Synthes' Velys robot for knee replacements, Coosa Valley News reported Dec. 9.

Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics is the first practice in the area to offer Stryker's Mako robotic-arm assisted knee replacements, the practice said Dec. 8.

San Francisco-based Roam Robotics is partnering with San Francisco VA Health Care System and San Francisco-based Northern California Institute for Research and Education to evaluate its Ascend smart brace in veterans.

Surgeons from Fishers-based Central Indiana Orthopedics completed their 1,000th surgery with Stryker's Mako robot, according to the Hamilton County Reporter.

Johnson & Johnson has had a setback with its Ottava surgical robot and its launch will be delayed by about two years.

James Womack, MD, performed Missouri's first total knee replacement with Think Surgical's second-generation TSolution One robot, according to a Nov. 29 news release.

Neurosurgeon Anna Terry, MD, of Methuen, Mass.-based Holy Family Hospital, is one of a few physicians in the hospital's region trained to use a newly acquired surgical robot, The Eagle-Tribune reported Nov. 28.

Several medtech companies have shared their most recent quarterly earnings reports in the last two months and provided insight into their surgical robot products.

Smith+Nephew has launched its Cori surgical system for total and partial knee replacements in the U.K.