Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq:ISRG) today released preliminary Q4 results that included a slight revenue miss, though the company expects da Vinci surgical robot procedures to grow at least 12% this year. The Sunnyvale, California-based surgical robot developer expects fourth-quarter revenue to total $1.66 billion. While that represents a 7% increase from the same period in 2021, […]
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Here are top surgical robotic features from MassDevice and its sister publications (and scroll down to read the latest cardiology device news from MassDevice):
+ Intuitive details da Vinci 5 launch plans with limited supply of next-gen surgical robotics systems
+ 10 surgical robotics companies you need to know
+ The secret behind Intuitive’s surgical robotics success
+ Surgical robotics trends and how to accelerate adoption
+ How surgical robotics safety systems prevent patient harm
+ These surgical robotics arms are destined for the trash — by design
Latest Surgical Robotics News
Mayo Clinic takes a stake in PillBot developer Endiatx
Mayo Clinic and Endiatx have signed a know-how license agreement covering the ongoing development of Endiatx’s PillBot. The deal gives Mayo Clinic an equity stake in the robotic stomach camera startup, Endiatx co-founder and CEO Torrey Smith told MassDevice. He declined to share the precise size of the single-digit percentage equity stake or other financial […]
Asensus Surgical announces another surgical robot placement in Japan
Asensus Surgical (NYSE:ASXC) announced today that it entered into a lease agreement with a Japanese hospital for its Senhance surgical robot. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based Asensus entered the agreement with Kitakyushu General Hospital. It marks the second Senhance system leased at the hospital in the Kyushu area of Japan. Asensus placed the first one […]
The top 10 medtech news trends of 2022
In this episode, your diligent team of DeviceTalkers assembled to review our top 10 medtech news trends. It’s our 2022 Newmarker’s Newsmakers! Executive Editor Chris Newmarker, Pharma Editor Brian Buntz, Managing Editor Jim Hammerand, Senior Editor Danielle Kirsh and Associate Editor Sean Whooley joined me, DeviceTalks Editorial Director Tom Salemi, for the latest DeviceTalks podcast. […]
Asensus Surgical announces Senhance surgical robot placement in Japan
Asensus Surgical (NYSE:ASXC) announced today that it entered into an agreement to lease a Senhance surgical robot to a Japanese hospital. Kashiwa Kosei General Hospital (Kashiwa, Japan) agreed to lease the surgical robot system. It marks the second recent adoption of Senhance in Japan. In September, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital in Ritto, Japan, agreed to lease […]
Titan Medical gets closer to Nasdaq delisting
Titan Medical (Nasdaq:TMDI) announced today that it received notification of potential delisting from the Nasdaq market. The Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Staff notified the company of its continued non-compliance with the $1 minimum bid price requirement. Based on this non-compliance (as of Dec. 26, 2022), Nasdaq may delist Titan securities unless the surgical robotics company requests […]
Rewalk Robotics extends share repurchase program
ReWalk Robotics (Nasdaq:RWLK) announced today that its board of directors approved an extension to its current share repurchase program. Yokneam Ilit, Israel-based ReWalk values its ordinary shares at NIS 0.25 ($0.072) apiece. This brings the program extension to an aggregate amount of up to $5.8 million. ReWalk’s ongoing $8 million repurchase program received approval from […]
J&J’s Auris alleges former employees brought trade secrets to new company Noah Medical
Johnson & Johnson‘s Auris Health surgical robotics business filed litigation this week alleging misappropriation of trade secrets by Noah Medical. In its complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California, Auris alleges “shameless, systematic and ongoing misappropriation of trade secrets” by Noah. It named former Auris employees Enrique Romo, Diana Cardona Ujueta and Kenneth […]
Medtronic enrolls first patients in Hugo surgical robot clinical trial
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it enrolled the first patient in its Expand URO U.S. clinical trial for the Hugo surgical robot. Dr. Michael R. Abern at Duke University Hospital (Durham, North Carolina) performed the procedure. He used the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system for a robotic-assisted prostatectomy procedure. “This is an exciting moment,” said Abern. […]
Corindus rebrands as Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics
Siemens Healthineers announced that its Corindus company rebranded to “Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics.” In 2019, Siemens Healthineers bought out Corindus for $1.1 billion. Corindus develops the CorPath robot-assisted device for coronary and peripheral vascular procedures. According to a news release, brand unification represents “the final step” in the company integration process that began in 2019. […]
J&J leads $85M raise for HistoSonics
HistoSonics announced today that it raised $85 million in a financing round led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Minneapolis-based HistoSonics develops a novel sonic beam therapy. This uses histotripsy, which mechanically destroys and liquified unwanted tissue and tumors at sub-cellular levels. It develops the non-invasive Edison platform that combines imaging with proprietary sensing technology to […]