Microbot Medical (Nasdaq:MBOT) today announced the successful completion of its GLP pivotal preclinical surgical robot study. Braintree, Massachusetts-based Microbot completed the study using a porcine model. It operated under the guidelines of FDA-required levels of planning, controlling, monitoring and reporting. Microbot said earlier this month that the study used its Liberty endovascular surgical robotic system […]
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+ 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
The top medtech trends of 2023
The top medtech trends of 2023 included innovations such as artificial intelligence, new GLP-1 weight loss drugs and some long-awaited medtech finally receiving regulatory nods. With health providers facing additional challenges on top of an ever-uncertain economic environment, medtech companies also made major readjustments: layoffs, spinoffs, reorganizations and much more. Here are the top stories […]
Hospital in Germany adopts Versius surgical robot from CMR Surgical
CMR Surgical announced that Kreiskrankenhaus Rotenburg, a hospital in Germany, adopted its next-generation Versius surgical robot. This marks the first introduction of robotic surgery for the German hospital. The hospital focuses on general, visceral and trauma surgery. It plans to use Versius to conduct a range of procedures, including complex visceral surgery, abdominal tumour surgery, colorectal […]
Butterfly Network to bring Ultrasound-on-Chip tech to surgical robotics
Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) announced today that it partnered with Mendaera to commercialize a new surgical robotic system. Mendaera, a Silicon Valley-based company, develops medical robotic technology. Its platform combines robotics, real-time imaging, AI and connectivity to enable intervention at scale. The company recently completed the research and design process for its novel robotic system and […]
Quantum Surgical makes its first surgical robot sale in the U.S.
Quantum Surgical announced that it made the first sale of its Epione surgical robot platform in the U.S. Popular Equipment Finance (DBA K2 Capital Group), a leader in equipment financing solutions, acquired the Epione robot. The company works with healthcare organizations across the U.S., including a cancer center that used Epione in May 2023. That […]
Microbot Medical, Corewell collab on telerobotics for endovascular surgical robot
Microbot Medical (Nasdaq:MBOT) announced today that it entered into a collaboration with Corewell Health to enable telerobotic capabilities. The collaboration, separated into multiple phases, seeks to enable telerobotics between remote centers. It aims to do so utilizing the Liberty endovascular robotic surgical system. The Braintree, Massachusetts-based company has plans to submit Liberty for FDA IDE approval […]
FDA clears ZimVie and Brainlab spinal fixation combo
ZimVie announced today that the FDA has cleared the use of its Vital spinal fixation system with Brainlab’s Spine & Trauma Navigation. The news comes just nine months after the companies announced a partnership in which Brainlab will provide spine imaging, planning, navigation, and robotic-assisted systems for use with ZimVie implants. The goal is to enable […]
CMR Surgical has a new chief commercial officer
Surgical robot technology developer CMR Surgical announced today that it named Massimiliano Colella as its chief commercial officer (CCO). In the new role, Colella oversees the commercial and marketing operations at the Cambridge, UK-based company. It marks another C-suite appointment for CMR Surgical, which earlier this year appointed Supratim Bose as its new CEO. Colella offers […]
Microbot Medical is a step closer to an FDA IDE submission
Microbot Medical today announced the successful completion of its pivotal pre-clinical study of its Liberty endovascular robotic surgical system. The study, performed under good laboratory practice (GLP) and essential for the company’s investigational device exemption (IDE) submission, took place under rigorous FDA guidelines. The study involved pigs. In this study, three interventional radiologists performed 96 […]
Distalmotion has a new CEO
Distalmotion announced that it appointed Greg Roche as its CEO as the company looks to continue commercial expansion for its surgical robot. The company also named Roche to its board of directors. In his role, Roche will lead U.S. and European expansion initiatives for the Dexter surgical robot, helping with the next phase of Distalmotion’s […]
Levita Magnetics takes its MARS robotic surgery platform international
Levita Magnetics today announced the international launch of its MARS (magnetic-assisted robotic surgery) system with its placement at Hospital Luis Tisne in Santiago, Chile. Dr. Julio Jimenez used the system to perform same-day-discharge cholecystectomies (gallbladder removal) and bariatric surgeries. Jiminez previously helped Levita Magnetics with its clinical trials, said Levita Magnetics founder, CEO and President […]