Robert Marchand, MD, estimates that he has performed 1,200 robotic joint replacements in 2020 and has live-streamed at least one case per day since the COVID-19 pandemic began, The Boston Globe reports.
Robotics
The global surgical robot market is projected to reach $14.4 billion by 2026, up from about $6.4 billion in 2021, according to a reports by MarketsandMarkets.
Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls, Idaho, is one of three hospitals and the first private hospital in the U.S. to acquire two ExcelsiusGPS spine robots.
Kingsport, Tenn.-based Holston Valley Medical Center has expanded its robotic surgery offerings with the addition of the da Vinci Xi surgical system, according to a May 4 LinkedIn post.
The co-founder and president of Neuralink, a brain tech company owned by Elon Musk, has stepped down.
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Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Medical Center and Westside Hospital have acquired a robot for hip and knee replacements, and surgeons are loving it, according to local news outlet KOB4.
Kevin Rudder, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who recently joined Magnolia (Ark.) Regional Medical Center, had requested that the hospital purchase a robot to assist with hip and knee surgeries, according to Magnoliareporter.com.
MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach (Calif.) is one of two hospitals in the state and one of only a handful in the country to use the ExcelsiusGPS robot for pediatric spine surgery, the Long Beach Post reported…
The FDA has provided clearance for Zimmer Biomet's Rosa partial knee system for robotic-assisted partial knee replacements.
Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, Fla., has bolstered its robotics program by adding Smith+Nephew's Cori system, South Florida Hospital News reported April 15.