Robotics

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center introduced new robotic technology in its neurosurgery department.

Los Angeles-based Providence Tarzana Medical Center performed its 2,000th robotic surgery Oct. 3, radio station KHTS reports.

OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital has completed 700-plus knee and hip replacements using the Mako robot since January 2018, according to Mansfield News Journal, part of the USA Today network.

Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Health purchased a fourth-generation da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system from Intuitive Surgical, local radio station X 101 reports.

NuVasive featured its X360 Pulse platform at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Chicago and plans to unveil its Pulse Robotics application at an exclusive event.

Here are six hospitals adapting robotic systems for spine and orthopedic procedures.

Touchstone Orthopaedics at Geneva, Neb.-based Fillmore County Hospital installed Stryker's Mako System to assist surgeons during partial and total joint replacement procedures, reports Nebraska TV.

Zimmer Biomet recalled a software upgrade to the ROSA Brain system and notified users earlier this month.

Coles County, Ill-based Sarah Bush Lincoln Health is using the Mako robotic arm for total knee, partial knee and total hip replacements, reports the Journal Gazette/Times Courier.

Englewood, Colo.-based Swedish Medical Center invited the public to the hospital's Night of the Robots event on Sept. 12 to learn about robotic surgical devices and the surgeons who use them.