List of 15 Spine Surgeons Who Are Using Robotic Technology in Their Practice Today

15 Spine Surgeons Using Robotic Technology (Laura Miller @ Beckers) Here are 15 spine surgeons who are using robotic technology in their practice. Full Bios here Henry E. Aryan, MD (Sierra Pacific Orthopedics, Fresno, Calif.). Samuel Bederman, MD (UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, Calif.). William Beutler, MD (PinnacleHealth, Harrisburg, Pa.). Nitin N. Bhatia, [...]

Mazor Robotics Signs Agreement With Distributor for China

Mazor Robotics Signs Agreement with Distributor for China (press release) Mazor Robotics Ltd, the leader in innovative surgical robots and complementary products for spine surgery, signed an agreement with Cicel Science & Technology Co., Ltd. to distribute its Renaissance™ system in China. Renaissance is Mazor Robotics’ next generation surgical guidance system for spine procedures. “The Chinese [...]

VIDEO: Brainlab Navigation in India Only Using an iPod to Help Surgeon With Alignment in Knee Surgery

Surgeon uses iPod Touch connected medical device to perform more accurate knee surgery (iMedicalApps) An orthopedic surgeon in Mumbai, India, performed successful knee replacement surgery on a patient using an innovative device from Smith & Nephew and Brain Lab — a really interesting contraption that uses the iPod Touch’s processing power and user interface as a [...]

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