Robotics

Post Falls, Idaho-based Northwest Specialty Hospital installed Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS robotic navigation system for spine surgery, reports Biospace.

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare adapted the Mazor X robotic surgical system for spinal surgery, reports Spectrum News 1.

Robotics in spine are here to stay according to three prominent spine surgeons. Here's what they had to say about the future of robotics in spine.

Summit, N.J.-based Overlook Medical Center successfully completed New Jersey's first procedure with Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Brain robotic system, Tap Into Clark reports.

Jean-Philippe Langevin, MD, is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, Calif., and chief of neurosurgery at Greater Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Healthcare System. He specializes in the surgical treatment of movement disorders, epilepsy and psychiatric conditions.

Mark Giovanini, MD, is a neurosurgeon with NeuroMicroSpine, a Pensacola, Fla.-based spine practice focused on minimally invasive spinal procedures.

NuVasive has traditionally focused technology on spinal instrumentation, implants and procedures with the XLIF, LessRay and other technologies.

Robotic devicemaker Intuitive added Stanford (Calif.) University Medical Center's Amy Ladd, MD, to its board, effective Aug. 1.

The neurosurgery team at Summit, N.J.-based Overlook Medical Center of Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System is using the ROSA Brain robot for minimally invasive brain surgery, reports ROI NJ.

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.