TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) said today that it won 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its Senhance Ultrasonic instrument system, designed to operate with its Senhance robot-assisted surgery device. Senhance Ultrasonic instruments are designed to deliver controlled energy to ligate and divide tissue and minimize thermal injury to surrounding structures, Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based TransEnterix said. The instrument set is now […]
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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
Intuitive Surgical rises on Q4, 2018 prelim beats
Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) shares are up today after the robot-assisted surgery pioneer said its fourth-quarter and 2018 sales would top the consensus forecast on Wall Street, as procedure volumes and shipments of its da Vinci device both surged. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Intuitive said it expects to post Q4 sales of $1.05 billion and annual sales of $3.72 […]
Titan Medical completes initial Sport single-port robotic surgical system build
Titan Medical (NSDQ:TMDI) said last week that it completed an initial build of its Sport single-port robotic surgery system, paving the way for future development of the platform. The Toronto-based company said that it completed a system engineering confidence build for all the components in the robotic platform, including a new camera system and design enhancements […]
Monteris Medical had a serious recall: Here’s what their CEO did
Soon after Marty Emerson took over as CEO of Monteris Medical, he and other company officials realized that the company’s robot-assisted brain surgery device had a serious overheating problem. Here’s how he led the company through the crisis. Marty Emerson became CEO of Monteris Medical (Plymouth, Minn.) in July 2016. Within a month, the first […]
Titan Medical eyes 2019 for U.S., EU Sport robot submissions
Titan Medical (NSDQ:TMDI) said today that it expects to file for 510(k) clearance in the U.S. and CE Mark clearance in the E.U. by the end of 2019 for its Sport robotic surgical system. The company added that based on the timing of the approvals, Titan plans to begin commercializing its single-port robotic system in […]
Medtronic closes $1.7B Mazor Robotics buy
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it closed the $1.7 billion acquisition of Mazor Robotics (NSDQ:MZOR) and its robot-assisted surgery platform, capping the buyout with the announcement that their first jointly produced product won an FDA nod. Last month Caesarea, Israel-based Mazor said its shareholders voted to approve the $58.50-per-ADR-share deal with the world’s largest medical device maker, which […]
Here’s how Intuitive Surgical is innovating to stay competitive
Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) isn’t resting on its laurels when it comes to the surgical robotics field that it dominates. The Sunnyvale, Calif.–based company is seeking to stay competitive through technologies including computer-controlled navigated robotic catheters, contrast agents to improve imaging during procedures, and intelligent surgical interfaces. That was a big message that hundreds of attendees heard during […]
Globus Medical launches ExcelsiusGPS in EU
Globus Medical (NYSE:GMED) said yesterday that it launched its ExcelsiusGPS robotic guidance and navigation system in the global market, having completed installations of the system in several European countries. The ExcelsiusGPS system won CE Mark clearance in the EU in early 2017 with indications for use in both minimally invasive and open procedures for orthopedics and […]
Corindus touts first-in-human coronary telerobotics study with CorPath system
Corindus Vascular Robotics (OTC:CVRS) today touted that its CorPath robotic surgical platform was used in a first-in-human telerobotic intervention study in India. The Waltham, Mass.-based company touted that the study was the world’s first percutaneous coronary intervention conducted from a remote location outside of a catheterization lab. In the trial, five patients at India’s Apex Heart […]
Neural Analytics adds $10m for robot-assisted brain ultrasound
Neural Analytics yesterday reported raising nearly $10 million for the robot-assisted brain ultrasound device it’s developing. Los Angeles-based Neural Analytics’ NeuralBot is designed to work with its Lucid M1 transcranial doppler utrasound to provide non-invasive blood flow monitoring. In June the company won CE Mark approval in the European Union for NeuralBot. In a funding round begun […]
Auris Health closes $220m equity funding round
Auris Health said today that it closed a $220 million equity financing round to help support its next-generation Monarch robotic interventional platform. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company said that the round was led by Partner Fund Management and joined by newly invested Wellington Management, D1 Capital Partners and Senator Investment Group and existing investors Mithril […]