Robotics

Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Medical Center acquired Stryker's Mako system for total knee and hip replacements, according to TheChattanoogan.com.

Since Aug. 1, 10 hospitals and surgical practices have added or announced plans to introduce robotics:

Hartford (Conn.) Hospital's Hanbing Zhou, MD, recently performed the facility's first robotic-assisted sacroiliac joint fusion.

Capital Health Medical Center-Hopewell (N.J.) was designated as a center of excellence in robotic surgery by the Surgical Review.

Orthopedic surgeon Jaime Hernandez, MD, has reportedly performed the first total knee replacement with Smith+Nephew's CORI Surgical System at an ASC, according to a Sept. 8 report from The Signal Santa Clarita Valley.

Abrazo West Campus in Goodyear, Ariz., has installed Stryker's Mako robot to augment hip and knee replacement services, Litchfield Park Independent reported Sept. 3.

Rome, Ga.-based Floyd Medical Center could be getting a robotic surgical system as early as November, the hospital's director of surgical services told the Rome News-Tribune.

Elon Musk debuted the Neuralink surgical robot during a presentation about the company with the same name, TechCrunch reports.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Orthopaedic Institute has added Stryker's Mako robot and Smith+Nephew's Navio system to assist surgeons in hip and knee replacements, NBC affiliate WRCBTV reported Aug. 26.

MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach (Calif.) is reportedly the first pediatric hospital in the state to acquire the ExcelsiusGPS robotic system for spine surgery, Cerritos Community News reports.