Three quotes from the conversation on spine innovation:
1. He said he was impressed with Alphatec CEO Patrick Miles for his work at the company and previously with NuVasive. “He just is a forward-thinking guy who gets on great with surgeons,” he said. “He’s done a great job taking the stock from $2 per share to close to $17, and it’s interesting to see how things are shifting.”
2. He said he sees negatives to robotic technology because of cost. “It’s a huge capital expenditure, and the add-on costs for doing a case is not inconsequential,” he said.
3. Augmented reality has benefits over spine robots, including cost and workflow advantages. “Rather than having to look at a computer back and forth, you concentrate totally on the surgery itself because of the superimposition of their technology over the anatomy,” he said.
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