TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) said today that its president and CEO Todd Pope has been named to Time Magazine’s Most Influential People in Health Care for 2018, highlighted for their work bringing the Senhance robotic surgical platform to the market. Pope was an inaugural selection for the list, which Time Magazine said it assembled to highlight “physicians, scientists, and […]
Auris Health touts robotically-assisted bronchoscopy study results
Auris Health’s Monarch bronchoscopy platform reached lung nodules and biopsied tissue with “high accuracy” in a recent study, according to the company. Eight investigators performed robotic-assisted bronchoscopy procedures using the Monarch platform on a cadaveric model designed to mimic a real-life bronchoscopy procedure. Sixty-seven simulated tumor targets one to three centimeters in size were prepared […]
TransEnterix wins FDA nod for 3mm instrument set
TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) said today that it won 510(k) clearance from the FDA for a 3mm-diameter instrument set for its Senhance robot-assisted surgery device. The federal safety watchdog also OK’d additional 5mm-diameter instruments, the Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based company said. The 3mm instrument open up micro-laparoscopic “virtually scarless” procedures for Senhance, according to TransEnterix. “The ability to […]
Medrobotics touts first EU sale of Flex robotic platform
Medrobotics today touted the first sale of its Flex robotics surgical platform in Europe. The Raynham, Mass.-based company said it sold the system to Italy’s A.O. Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, making the facility the first in Europe to offer procedures with the platform. Medrobotics Flex robotic surgical platform is intended for […]
TransEnterix wins CE Mark for Senhance Ultrasonic instrument package
TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) said today that it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for the Senhance Ultrasonic instrument system, designed to operate with its Senhance robot-assisted surgery device. The Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based company said the ultrasound instruments, designed to deliver controlled energy to ligate and divide tissue and minimize thermal injury to surrounding structures, can be […]
NASS 2018: Robotic platforms take center stage
Here’s a roundup from the North American Spine Society’s annual meeting in Los Angeles Medtech companies in the spinal market are rushing to join the robotic revolution, with Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Globus Medical (NYSE:GMED) leading the pack, according to a Leerink Partner analyst’s note from the North American Spine Society’s 2018 annual meeting. In a letter to […]
TransEnterix puts up $33m for Medical Surgery Technologies
TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) said yesterday that it agreed to acquire Medical Surgery Technologies and its surgery planning technology in a two-stage deal worth nearly $33 million. Yokneam, Israel-based MST makes Follow Me, a software package that uses image analytics, advanced visualization, scene recognition, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics to plan robot-assisted surgeries. Follow Me won 510(k) clearance from […]
Medtronic is all-in on surgical robotics with $1.6B Mazor buy
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) is all-in on the surgical robotics game now that’s inked a deal to buy Mazor Robotics (NSDQ:MZOR) for more than $1.6 billion in cash. The world’s largest medical device maker has held a position in Mazor, which makes the Mazor X guidance system and the Renaissance robot-assisted spine surgery platform, since May 2016. In September […]
Intuitive Surgical taps InTouch Health to develop platform-connected IoT
Telehealth developer InTouch Health said today it inked a multi-year licensing service agreement with Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) to deepen the robotic surgery giant’s Internet of Medical Things network connecting its da Vinci systems. Santa Barbara-based InTouch Health said that its proprietary IoMT network is intended to allow healthcare companies to connect their surgical systems globally to allow for real-time […]
Reno hosts first complete AED deliveries via drone
The Biggest Little City in the World last week claimed another title when a single operator flew multiple drones delivering automated external defibrillators as part of a Federal Aviation Administration pilot program. The first flights were successfully completed using drones made by Flirtey that are designed to move heavier payloads over longer distances and for more […]
Xact Robotics wins CE Mark for robotic nav & steering system, raises $5m in Series C
Xact Robotics said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its robotics navigation and steering system designed for image-guided percutaneous procedures, and said it raised $5 million in a Series C round of financing. The Caesarea, Israel-based company said its Xact robotics system was cleared for use in planning and accessing targets […]
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