7 Spine Surgeons Answer – Would You Consider Using Robotic Technology in the or if Cost Were Not an Obstacle?

    7 Spine Surgeons on Using Robotic Technology (Laura Miller @ Beckers) Q: Would you consider using robotic technology in the OR if cost weren’t an obstacle? Dennis Crandall, MD (Medical Director, Sonoran Spine Center, Mesa, Ariz.): Because of the precise tension or retraction tolerated on neural structures, I would be very hesitant to allow a [...]

Mako Surgical Revenues Surge 60% in the Quarter While Losses Widen

        Mako Surgical reports 60% surge in revenue (Brian Bandell @ South Florida Business Journal) Mako Surgical Corp.    continued its run as one of the fastest-growing companies in South Florida, with a 67 percent revenue increase in the third quarter. The Fort Lauderdale-based company (NASDAQ: MAKO) reported revenue of $20 million, up from $12 [...]

Toyota Enters Orthopedics With Robotic Technology Aimed at Helping Patients Walk

   Toyota robotic technology aimed at helping patient’s ambulate and rehab quicker Toyota recently announced exciting new robotic technology aimed at helping get people debilitated by strokes, joint disease, vascular disease, and other chronic conditions moving again. New technological advances by the automaker have the potential to aid patients in many ways, from the hospital [...]

Mazor Robotics Systems Have Been Used in Over 15,000 Spine Surgeries Worldwide

          Mazor Robotics Systems Guide Placement of Over 15,000 Spine Implants Worldwide Mazor Robotics Ltd (TASE: MZOR), the pioneer in innovative surgical robots and complementary products for spine surgery, announced that its clinically proven technology has been used to guide placement of more than 15,000 spinal implants, from routine to the most [...]

MAKO Surgical Robot Now Performs Hip Surgery in Addition to Knee Surgery

  MAKO Surgical website MAKO’s Robot Now Does Hip Surgery (written by Walter Eisner @ OTW) After receiving FDA clearance in February 2010, MAKO Surgical Corp.’s RIO Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System is now commercially available for use in total hip replacement surgeries. MAKO has had a robotic system for partial knee resurfacing procedures for [...]

10 Spine Surgeons Performing Robotic- and Computer-Assisted Surgery

  10 Surgeons Performing Robotic- and Computer-Assisted Spine Surgery  (Laura Miller @ Beckers) Here are 10 surgeons who are performing robotic- and computer-assisted spine surgery. This list is meant as general information and is not a “top surgeons” list. This list is not an endorsement of any surgeon’s or provider’s clinical abilities.

Robotics in Orthopedic Surgery: 6 Points on the Present and Future

Robotics in Orthopedic Surgery: 6 Points on the Present and Future (written by Laura Miller @ Beckers) Robotic and computer-assisted technology is now available for use during orthopedic and spine procedures. There are many concerns associated with the efficacy and efficiency of this technology, especially since it costs hospitals a great deal of money to [...]

MAKO Surgical Is Going Direct-to-Consumer With the MAKOplasty Technique

  MAKO Surgical Corp. Steps up Its Global Engagement Through MAKOplasty.com (press release)    

Robot-Guided Spine Surgery – 10 Things to Consider

10 Points of Robot-Guided Spine Surgery (Beckers) One of the biggest trends across orthopedics is using automation and robotics to guide the surgeon during surgical procedures. Mazor Robotics, the manufacturer of SpineAssist, has developed one of the only products currently available in the United States to provide spine surgeons with robotic guidance for implantable devices [...]

Corin-MAKO: Five-Year Global Distribution Agreement

Corin-MAKO: five-year global distribution agreement (Corin) Corin has entered into a five-year global distribution agreement with MAKO Surgical Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, Corin will supply MAKO with a hip implant system for use with MAKO’s RIO® Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System. Corin’s implant system will include the MetaFix hip system and the [...]

MAKO Surgical Raises $59M in Public Stock Sale

MAKO Surgical Corp. Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Exercise of Underwriter’s Over-Allotment Option (Press Release)

Stanmore Implants Acquires Acrobot, a UK Robot Surgery Company

Stanmore Implants Worldwide Buys Robot Surgery Co Acrobot (Dow Jones) Stanmore Implants Worldwide, a privately-held maker of specialized orthopedic implants, said Wednesday it acquired medical device company Acrobot for an undisclosed sum

Mazor to Enter US Market With Combination Robot and 3D Imaging System

Mazor to Market Combined SpineAssist, 3D Imaging System (HealthPointCapital)

China Develops an MIS Spine Surgery Robot and Tests It Clinically in Chongqing

World’s first minimally invasive spine surgery robot put into trial in China (People’s Daily Online)

MAKO Is Taking Its Robot to Scotland for a Randomized Clinical Knee Trial

MAKO Surgical Corp. to conduct clinical study in Scotland (OrthoSuperSite)

Curexo’S ROBODOC Used in Total Hip Surgery for the First Time

Curexo’s Next-Generation ROBODOC(R) Assists in First Surgery (PRNewsWire)

RoboDoc 2 Used in First Total Hip Case in the US

Sutter First in Nation to Use Next-Generation ROBODOC® for Hip Replacement (PRNewsWire)

The Robot War in Total Joints Is Escalating – New Funding for Curexo’S Robodoc Technology

Curexo Technology Corp Raises $13.2 Million (PRNewsWire) ROBODOC, a CUREXO Technology Company (Sacramento, CA) In total hip surgery applications, the ROBODOC system executes exact bone cutting and precise implant placement to reduce surgical fractures and complications and minimize human error, FDA cleared and has been used in over 24,000 joint replacement procedures WW, Currently, new [...]

Orthopaedic Synergy to Acquire Praxim and Its Surgical Navigation Platform

 About Orthopaedic Synergy, Inc. Orthopaedic Synergy, Inc. functions as a holding company for OMNIlife Science, Inc. and Enztec, Ltd.  Together these companies represent a global reconstructive orthopaedic concern that is committed to the design, manufacture and distribution of high quality orthopaedic devices.  Our corporate strategic objectives include continued growth through strategic acquisition of companies with [...]

Dr. Anthony DiGioia Gives an Overview of Robotic and Navigational Technology in Orthopedics

Two technologies — semi-active (collaborative) robotics and patient-specific templating — are currently attracting most of the attention. Coupled with less-invasive surgical techniques and innovative implant design, they offer new opportunities for surgeons to develop more reliable, efficient and accurate practices.   OrthoSuperSite…  http://ow.ly/13N1G List of Robotic and Computer Aided Surgery Startups   http://orthostreams.com/?page_id=1122

Robotic Ankle, SPARKy, Only Steps Away From Daily Use

  Two years ago, George Wolf was injured in a hang-gliding accident.  His left leg  was amputated below the knee. He now has an artificial limb, but he longs to walk with fluid movement.  When he heard that fellow Arizona State Universityprofessor Thomas Sugar was looking for candidates to test a new spring-loaded robotic ankle that [...]

Is Blue Belt’S Precision Sculpter a Cheaper Alternative to MAKO’S Robot?

    Blue Belt: Super Cutter on the Way (Orthopedics This Week)…  http://ow.ly/EAdd Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. Closes Series A Financing (PRNewsWire)…  http://ow.ly/s33J

Mazor Surgical Technologies Raises $13M in a Public Offering

Mazor Surgical Technologies is the developer of the SpineAssist – a miniature robotic guidance and positioning systems Company website…   http://mazorst.com/ “Medical device co Mazor raises double planned sum”  http://ow.ly/wJAB

Acrobot and Finsbury to Co-Market Acrobot’S Navigator With Finsbury’S ADEPT Hip Resurfacing Implant

http://ow.ly/pMEa  

Mazor Surgical Technologies Announced the 1st Use of Its SpineAssist Robotic Surgical Aid in a Cervical Spine Procedure

http://ow.ly/gJpR

February 22, 2012

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