Robotics

During the second quarter conference call, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha, Stryker's Katherine Owen gave an update on the company's Mako Surgical robotic technology line.

Board-certified neurosurgeon Roger Frankel, MD, is president of Atlanta Brain and Spine Care and medical director of the Piedmont Hospital Spine Center Quality Program in Atlanta. 

Duc Giang General Hospital in Han Noi, Vietnam, used a robot to perform corrective surgery on a patient with spinal tuberculosis, reports Asia One.

Three spine and neurosurgeons discuss how they see robotics developing in the spine field.

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Hospital installed the ExcelsiusGPS robotic surgery system at its Kent campus, Delaware State News reports.

Johnson & Johnson reported orthopedic sales dropped 1.6 percent year-over-year during the second quarter to $2.2 billion. But the company remains excited about technology and robotics for the future, according to Executive Vice President and CFO Joe Wolk and Vice…

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus installed Globus Medical's ExcelciusGPS robotic guidance and navigation system for spine surgery, reports Sussex Countian.

NuVasive launched its Pulse system, which is designed to feature multiple technologies to assist surgeons in adopting more efficient and less disruptive surgical methods in spine procedures.

Revenues from Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system could reach $1.5 billion by 2021, according to a Trefis market research report.

The global orthopedic surgical robots market will be valued at more than $4.1 billion by the end of 2029, according to a Persistence Market Research report.