Robotics

Curtis Kephart, MD, performed Delray Medical Center's first knee replacement with the Smith+Nephew's Cori Robot. 

The Allegheny Health Network Orthopaedic Institute has completed more than 2,000 robotic-assisted hip and knee replacements with the Mako system at its Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, Pa., Erie News Now reported July 27.

Rancho Mirage, Calif.-based Eisenhower Health added it's fourth Mako robot, something only four other hospitals have done.

Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Surgical Hospital has added two robots for total hip and knee replacements, Rapid City Journal reported July 22.

Stryker has released total knee replacement data on a Colorado orthopedic surgeon that shows how he is outperforming peers using the Mako robot, The Daily Sentinel reported July 21.

River's Edge Hospital in St. Peter, Minn., reached a milestone, performing 500 robot-assisted knee surgeries, KEYC News Now reported July 19.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Penrose-St. Francis Health Services installed Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS robot in July, The Gazette reported July 20.

Thomas Mazahery, MD, of OrthoVirginia performed the Washington, D.C., region's first spine surgery using artificial intelligence-driven robotic technology on July 19.

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The ExcelsiusGPS robot has been used in more than 20,000 spine surgeries globally, the system's developer said July 15.